Film Comedy (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Film Comedy What exactly is film comedy and what is the basis for its widespread appeal? "Film Comedy" uses formal, socio-historical and industrial perspectives to answer this question, exploring such themes as the appeal of gross-out comedy, the relationship between comedy and narrative, romantic comedy, political satire, and the role of comic relief?
Full description- Publisher: WALLFLOWER PRESS
- Published: 01 September 2002
- Format: Paperback 230 pages
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- Categories: Films, Cinema | Film Theory & Criticism
- ISBN 13: 9781903364352 ISBN 10: 1903364353
- Sales rank: 1,196,740
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Full description for Film Comedy
What exactly is film comedy and what is the basis for its widespread appeal? "Film Comedy" uses formal, socio-historical and industrial perspectives to answer this question. What, for example, is the basis of the appeal of gross-out comedy in films such as "There's Something About Mary" and "American Pie"? What is the relationship between comedy and narrative, from early silent slapstick to the performance of actors such as Steve Martin and Jim Carrey? How has romantic comedy changed, or remained the same, from the 1930s to today? What happens when comedy is put to more serious ends in satire ranging from works produced under communism in Eastern Europe and Cuba to Hollywood features such as "Bullworth" and "Wag the Dog"? To what extent is comedy nation-specific? And what is the role of comic relief in Hollywood action movies and black comedy such as "American Psycho" and "Man Bites Dog."
