Genre Busting Dark Comedies Of The 1970s

Author : Wes D. Gehring
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476622514

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Genre-Busting Dark Comedies of the 1970s by Wes D. Gehring Pdf

This examination of dark comedies of the 1970s focuses on films which concealed black humor behind a misleading genre label. All That Jazz (1979) is a musical...about death--hardly Fred and Ginger territory. This masking goes beyond misnomer to a breaking of formula that director Robert Altman called "anti-genre." Altman's MASH (1970) ridiculed the military establishment in general--the Vietnam War in particular--under the guise of a standard military service comedy. The picaresque Western Little Big Man (1970) turned the bluecoats vs. Indians formula upside-down--the audience roots for the Indians instead of the cavalry. The book covers 12 essential films, including Harold and Maude (1971), Slaughterhouse-Five (1972), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and Being There (1979), with notes on A Clockwork Orange (1971). These films reveal a compounding complexity that reinforces the absurdity at the heart of dark comedy.

Author : Wes D. Gehring
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786495429

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Genre-Busting Dark Comedies of the 1970s by Wes D. Gehring Pdf

This examination of dark comedies of the 1970s focuses on films which concealed black humor behind a misleading genre label. All That Jazz (1979) is a musical...about death--hardly Fred and Ginger territory. This masking goes beyond misnomer to a breaking of formula that director Robert Altman called "anti-genre." Altman's MASH (1970) ridiculed the military establishment in general--the Vietnam War in particular--under the guise of a standard military service comedy. The picaresque Western Little Big Man (1970) turned the bluecoats vs. Indians formula upside-down--the audience roots for the Indians instead of the cavalry. The book covers 12 essential films, including Harold and Maude (1971), Slaughterhouse-Five (1972), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and Being There (1979), with notes on A Clockwork Orange (1971). These films reveal a compounding complexity that reinforces the absurdity at the heart of dark comedy.

Author : Wes D. Gehring
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476650494

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Kinds of American Film Comedy by Wes D. Gehring Pdf

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.

Author : Dan Lalande
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476649740

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The Drop Dead Funny '70s by Dan Lalande Pdf

This work offers a critical examination of 130 commercially-released film comedies of the 1970s. It considers the socio-political circumstances of each year of the decade, then critiques each film released that year with a focus on its effect on the film industry and the art of big screen comedy, as well as the emergence of talents whose work influenced (or was influenced by) the zeitgeist of the decade. Covering popular titles like M*A*S*H, Blazing Saddles, American Graffiti, The Bad News Bears, Smokey and the Bandit and many more, it argues that the 1970s may rightly be considered the last golden age of film comedy.

Author : Leo W. Jeffres,David J. Atkin,Kimberly A. Neuendorf
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000771282

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Audience Genre Expectations in the Age of Digital Media by Leo W. Jeffres,David J. Atkin,Kimberly A. Neuendorf Pdf

This volume bridges the divide between film and media studies scholarship by exploring audience expectations of film and TV genre in the age of digital streaming, using qualitative thematic and quantitative data-driven analyses. Through four ground-breaking surveys of audience members and content creators, the authors have empirically determined what audiences expect of various genres, the extent to which these definitions match those of scholars and critics, and the overall variation and complexity of audience expectations in the age of media abundance. They also examine audience habits and preferences, drawing from both theory and original empirical analyses, with a view toward the implications for the moving image in a rapidly changing media environment. The book draws from the data to develop a number of new concepts, including genre repertoire, genre hybridity, audience interest maximization, and variety seeking, and a new stage of genre development, genre bending. It is an ideal resource for students and scholars interested in the symbiotic relationship between audiences and the moving image products they consume, as well as the way the current digital media environment has impacted our understanding of film and TV genres.

Author : Wes D. Gehring
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476633268

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Buster Keaton in His Own Time by Wes D. Gehring Pdf

"Gehring remains supreme in film comedy scholarship"--Choice Buster Keaton "can impress a weary world with the vitally important fact that life, after all, is a foolishly inconsequential affair," wrote critic Robert Sherwood in 1918. A century later Keaton, with his darkly comic "theater of the absurd," speaks to audiences like no other silent comedian. If you thought you knew Keaton--think again!

Author : Wes D. Gehring
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476672441

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Charlie Chaplin and A Woman of Paris by Wes D. Gehring Pdf

Charlie Chaplin's A Woman of Paris (1923) was a groundbreaking film which was neither a simple recycling of Peggy Hopkins Joyce's story, nor quickly forgotten. Through heavily-documented "period research," this book lands several bombshells, including Paris is deeply rooted in Chaplin's previous films and his relationship with Edna Purviance, Paris was not rejected by heartland America, Chaplin did "romantic research" (especially with Pola Negri), and Paris' many ongoing influences have never been fully appreciated. These are just a few of the mistakes about Paris.

Author : Wes D. Gehring
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1996-07-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015036064767

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American Dark Comedy by Wes D. Gehring Pdf

From Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush to Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, Gehring presents a compelling theory of the black comedy film genre. Placing the movies he discusses in a historical and literary context, Gehring explores the genre's obession with death and the characters' failure to be shocked by it. Movies discussed include: Slaughterhouse Five, Catch-2, Clockwork Orange, Harold and Maude, Heathers, and Natural Born Killers.

Author : Barry Duncan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Mass media
ISBN : 0774712627

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Mass Media and Popular Culture by Barry Duncan Pdf

Author : Wes D. Gehring
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1988-06-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015013371524

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Handbook of American Film Genres by Wes D. Gehring Pdf

Handbook of American Film Genres provides scholarly introductory overviews of various types of films, lists significant examples of each genre, and recommends sources to consult for additional information. Eighteen genres are covered divided into five different categories: action/adventure, comedy, the fantastic, songs and soaps, and nontraditional. Each category is then divided into more diverse sections such as comedy: screwball, parody, clown etc. ... Each chapter includes a historical/analytical overview, a bibliographic overview, and then concludes with a chronologically arranged, highly selective filmography, citing from 10 to 15 major examples of the genre with brief lists of credits. ... One of the strengths of this guide is its coverage of more genres than other standard studies. ... Handbook of American Film Genres covers foreign films as well, it makes a valuable contribution to film scholarship, and it will be a useful acquisition for libraries that support serious film study.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : American wit and humor
ISBN : UOM:39015078233700

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The New Yorker by Anonim Pdf

Author : National Council of Teachers of English
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : English language
ISBN : UOM:39076007024636

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NCTE Guide to Teaching Materials for English, Grades 7-12. Supplement by National Council of Teachers of English Pdf

Author : Bill Mesce (Jr.)
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015066837108

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Overkill by Bill Mesce (Jr.) Pdf

The work examines the evolution of the thriller from the heyday of the Hollywood mogul era in the 1930s when it was primarily bottom-of-the-bill fodder, through its maturity in the World War II years and noir-breeding 1950s, its commercial and critical ascendancy in the 1960s and 1970s, and finally its subsequent box office dominance in the age of the blockbuster.

Author : Todd Mathew Berliner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Motion pictures
ISBN : UCAL:C3389686

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When Movies Grew Up by Todd Mathew Berliner Pdf

Author : William V. Costanzo
Publisher : National Council of Teachers of English (Ncte)
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105115103199

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Great Films and how to Teach Them by William V. Costanzo Pdf

Costanzo combines a love of film viewing with the practical side of expressing film study to students, including the art of transforming fiction into film, history and business of the industry, and film genres. He also includes study guides for fourteen films, including "To Kill a Mockingbird," "Romeo and Juliet," "Mississippi Masala," "Schindler's List," "The Shawshank Redemption," "Run Lola Run," "The Matrix," and "Bend It Like Beckham."