Currents of comedy on the American screen: how film and television deliver different laughs for changing times
"This book analyzes the evolution of comedy, defining five distinct periods and discussing the dominant comedic trends of each: screwball comedies, offering distraction from the Great Depression; suspense comedy, reflecting America's darker worldview during World War II; 1950s battle-of-th...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "This book analyzes the evolution of comedy, defining five distinct periods and discussing the dominant comedic trends of each: screwball comedies, offering distraction from the Great Depression; suspense comedy, reflecting America's darker worldview during World War II; 1950s battle-of-the-sexes comedy; the shift from the physical, exaggerated comedy of 1950s to more realistic plotlines"--Provided by publisher. |
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DELIVER DIFFERENT LAUGHS FOR CHANGING TIMES NICHOLAS LAHAM MCFARLAND &
COMPANY, INC., PUBLISHERS JEFFERSON; NORTH CAROLINA, AND LONDON TABLE OF
CONTENTS PREFACE 1 INTRODUCTION 5 ONE. LAUGHING DURING TROUBLED TIMES:
THE ART OF SCREWBALL COMEDY 25 TWO. FILM COMEDY HIGHLIGHTS THE DARK SIDE
OF AMERICAN LIFE 50 THREE. FILM AND TELEVISION COMEDY TAKES A FEMINIST
PERSPECTIVE ON AMERICAN LIFE 77 FOUR. THE ULTIMATE REALITY-BASED
TELEVISION SITCOM? THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW REVISITED 151 FIVE. THE
RESURRECTION OF SUSPENSE COMEDY SINCE THE 1980S 174 CHAPTER NOTES 187
BIBLIOGRAPHY 201 INDEX 203 VI1
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