This groundbreaking film study begins with a survey of American print humorists from eras leading up to and overlapping the advent of film--including some who worked both on the page and on the screen, like Robert Benchley, Will Rogers, Groucho Marx and W. C. Fields. Six comic film genres are identified as outgrowths of a national tradition of Cracker Barrel philosophers, personality comedy, parody, screwball comedy, romantic comedy and dark comedy. Whether it is Mark Twain or a parody film involving Steve Martin, comedy is most often about blowing "raspberries" at the world, and a reminder you are not alone.…mehr
This groundbreaking film study begins with a survey of American print humorists from eras leading up to and overlapping the advent of film--including some who worked both on the page and on the screen, like Robert Benchley, Will Rogers, Groucho Marx and W. C. Fields. Six comic film genres are identified as outgrowths of a national tradition of Cracker Barrel philosophers, personality comedy, parody, screwball comedy, romantic comedy and dark comedy. Whether it is Mark Twain or a parody film involving Steve Martin, comedy is most often about blowing "raspberries" at the world, and a reminder you are not alone.
Wes D. Gehring is a distinguished professor of film at Ball State University and associate media editor for USA Today magazine, for which he also writes the column "Reel World." He is the author of 40 film books, including biographies of James Dean, Carole Lombard, Steve McQueen, Robert Wise, Red Skelton and Charlie Chaplin.
Inhaltsangabe
Table of Contents Foreword by Ashley M. Donnelly Preface and Acknowledgments Prologue: Core Comic Film Genres and Print Humor Ties deleteOne. An American Print Humor Survey Prior to American Film Comedy deleteTwo. Personality Comedian Three. Crackerbarrel Populism Four. Parody deleteFive. Screwball Comedy (American Farce) delete Six. Romantic Comedy Seven. Dark Comedy Epilogue: Exit Laughing Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Foreword by Ashley M. Donnelly Preface and Acknowledgments Prologue: Core Comic Film Genres and Print Humor Ties deleteOne. An American Print Humor Survey Prior to American Film Comedy deleteTwo. Personality Comedian Three. Crackerbarrel Populism Four. Parody deleteFive. Screwball Comedy (American Farce) delete Six. Romantic Comedy Seven. Dark Comedy Epilogue: Exit Laughing Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Shop der buecher.de GmbH & Co. KG Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg Amtsgericht Augsburg HRA 13309