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Cult british TV comedy : From Reeves and Mortimer to Psychoville /
This book is the first sustained critical analysis of Cult British TV comedy from 1990 to the present day. The book examines 'post-alternative' comedy as both 'cult' and 'quality' TV, aimed mostly at niche audiences and often possessing a subcultural aura (comedy was fa...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York [New York] :
Manchester University Press,
2013.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- From alternative to cult : mapping post-alternative comedy
- Britain's top light entertainer and singer : Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer and the cultification of light entertainment
- 'Careful now' : Graham Linehan--a case study in post-alternative sitcom
- Patchy in places : developments in post-alternative sketch comedy
- Community and intimacy : from laugh track to commentary track
- The 'Zooniverse' and other (furnished) comic worlds
- Are you sitting uncomfortably? : from 'cringe' to 'dark' comedy
- Near the knuckle? It nearly took my arm off! : British comedy and the 'new offensiveness'.