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American Dark Comedy

Author	: Wes D. Gehring
Publisher	: Praeger
Total Pages	: 230
Release	: 1996-07-30
ISBN-10	: UOM:39015036064767
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Rating	: 4/5 ( Downloads)

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Book Synopsis American Dark Comedy by : Wes D. Gehring

Download or read book American Dark Comedy written by Wes D. Gehring and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1996-07-30 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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Authors: Ted Gournelos

Categories: Social Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-08-01 - Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

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A Decade of Dark Humor analyzes ways in which popular and visual culture used humor-in a variety of forms-to confront the attacks of September 11, 2001 and, mor

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Categories: Performing Arts

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Authors: Wheeler Winston Dixon

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