Beyond a joke : parody in English film and television comedy /

Explores the variety of ways British film culture has used forms of parody, from the 1960s to the present day. It provides a contextual and textual analysis of a range of works that, while popular, have only rarely been the subject of serious academic attention from Morecambe and Wise to Shaun of th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Archer, Neil, 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2017.
Colección:Cinema and society.
Temas:
1900-1999
Parody films > Great Britain > History and criticism > 20th century.
Television comedies > Great Britain > History and criticism.
Parodies de films > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire et critique > 20e siècle.
Comédies télévisées > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire et critique.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Television comedies
Parody films
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: why parody, and why now?
  • Cricklewood vs. Hollywood: the roots and routes of British parody on screen
  • Silly, really: parody, genre and realism in Monty Python's The Holy Grail and Life of Brian
  • History and hysteria: The Charge of the Light Brigade, Royal Flash and Ripping Yarns
  • "The shit just got real:" negotiating Hollywood in The Strike, Spaced, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz
  • From distance to difference: parody, participation and the cultural canon
  • Where no joke has gone before: parody as science fiction in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Paul and Moon
  • Epilogue: James bond, runner beans and jumping queens.

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