Hokum! : The Early Sound Slapstick Short and Depression-Era Mass Culture /

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"Hokum! is the first book to take a comprehensive view of short-subject slapstick comedy in the early sound era. Challenging the received wisdom that sound destroyed the slapstick tradition, author Rob King explores the slapstick short's Depression-era development against a backdrop of cha...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: King, Rob, 1975- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Comedy films.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
The arts.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Society and culture: general.
Popular culture.
Films, cinema.
Film, TV and radio.
Cultural studies.
Films comiques > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Films comiques > Histoire et critique.
Comedy films > United States > History > 20th century.
Comedy films > History and criticism.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"Hokum! is the first book to take a comprehensive view of short-subject slapstick comedy in the early sound era. Challenging the received wisdom that sound destroyed the slapstick tradition, author Rob King explores the slapstick short's Depression-era development against a backdrop of changes in film industry practice, comedic tastes, and moviegoing culture. Each chapter is grounded in case studies of comedians and comic teams, including the Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, and Robert Benchley. The book also examines how the past legacy of silent-era slapstick was subsequently reimagined as part of a nostalgic mythology of Hollywood's youth"--Provided by publisher
Description matérielle:1 online resource (272 pages).
ISBN:9780520963160
Accès:Open Access

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