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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
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
Man Bites Dog.
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
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
Man Bites Dog.
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
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
Man Bites Dog.
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
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
Man Bites Dog.
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