Funny How?
Sketch Comedy and the Art of Humor
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 2020
162 pages
978-1-4384-7830-2 (ISBN)
Description
Uses comedy skits, from Monty Python to Key and Peele, to probe how humor works.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basel/Berlin/Boston
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
Total Illustrations: 35
Total Illustrations: 35
ISBN-13
978-1-4384-7830-2 (9781438478302)
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01/2021
State University of New York Press
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State University of New York Press
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Person
Alex Clayton is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom, and the author of The Body in Hollywood Slapstick.
Content
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Trouble with Comic Theory
2. Takeoffs
3. Thought Experiments
4. Prime Numbers
5. Pitched Battles
Conclusion: The Rhetoric of Humor
Works Cited
Index
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Trouble with Comic Theory
2. Takeoffs
3. Thought Experiments
4. Prime Numbers
5. Pitched Battles
Conclusion: The Rhetoric of Humor
Works Cited
Index
