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portada Hokum! The Early Sound Slapstick Short and Depression-Era Mass Culture
Type
Physical Book
Author
Year
2017
Language
English
Pages
272
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9780520288119
Edition No.
1

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

Rob King (Author) · University Of California Press · Paperback

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

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

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.  Hokum! is the first book to take a comprehensive view of short-subject slapstick comedy in the early sound era. Challenging 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.

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