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

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Hokum!, the first book to take a comprehensive view of short-subject slapstick comedy in the early sound era, challenges 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 f...

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Egile nagusia: King, Rob (auth)
Formatua: Baliabide elektronikoa Liburu kapitulua
Hizkuntza:ingelesa
Argitaratua: Oakland, California University of California Press 2017
Gaiak:
The arts
Films, cinema
Popular culture
slapstick
short subjects
sound
american studies
hokum
mass culture
depression-era culture
comedy
taste
film studies
Sound film
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Gaia:Hokum!, the first book to take a comprehensive view of short-subject slapstick comedy in the early sound era, challenges 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.
Deskribapen fisikoa:1 electronic resource (270 p.)
ISBN:luminos.28
9780520963160;9780520963160;9780520963160
Sartu:Open Access

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