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Currents of comedy on the American screen : how film and television deliver different laughs for changing times

Author:	Nicholas Laham
Publisher:	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2009.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"This book analyzes the evolution of comedy, defining five distinct periods and discussing the dominant comedic trends of each: screwball comedies, offering distraction from the Great Depression; suspense comedy, reflecting America's darker worldview during World War II; 1950s battle-of-the-sexes comedy; the shift from the physical, exaggerated comedy of 1950s to more realistic plotlines"--Provided by publisher.
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