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Currents of comedy on the American screen : how film and television deliver different laughs for changing times / Nicholas Laham.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.C55 L24 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Laham, Nicholas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comedy films--United States--History and criticism.
- Comedy films.
- Television comedies.
- United States.
- Television comedies--United States--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 208 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2009]
- Summary:
- "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.
- Contents:
- Laughing during troubled times: the art of screwball comedy
- Film comedy highlights the dark side of American life
- Film and television comedy takes a feminist perspective on American life
- The ultimate reality-based television
- Sitcom? The Dick Van Dyke Show revisited
- The resurrection of suspense comedy since the 1980s.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-202) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786442645
- 0786442646
- OCLC:
- 277136416
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