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1. Writing the comedy movie
by Blake, Marc
2016, ISBN 1628925957, ix, 261
"A practical guide to creating the comedy movie, referencing its subgenres, history, and tropes, along with exclusive interviews with craft practitioners"--... 
Screenwriters | PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism | Authorship | Comedy films | PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy | PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Screenwriting
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2. French comedy on screen
: a cinematic history
by Fournier-Lanzoni, Rémi, author
2014, First edition., ISBN 9780230338425, viii, 265 pages
French comedy films occupy a specific cultural space and are influenced by national traditions and shared cultural references, but at the same time they have... 
History and criticism | Comedy films | Motion pictures-History
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3. Classical Hollywood comedy
by Jenkins, Henry, 1958 and Karnick, Kristine Brunovska, 1958
1995, AFI film readers., ISBN 0415906407, viii, 430
History and criticism | Comedy films
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4. Laughing matters
: understanding film, television and radio comedy
by Mundy, John
2012, ISBN 9780719083150, vii, 279
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5. Taboo comedy
: television and controversial humour
by Mills, Brett contributor and Conway, Kyle, 1977- contributor and Davies, Christie, contributor and Bucaria, Chiara, editor,contributor and Freitas, Elsa Simões Lucas, contributor and Elkins, Evan, contributor and Chiaro, Delia, 1953- contributor and Barra, Luca, editor,contributor and Scepanski, Philip, contributor and Sienkiewicz, Matt, contributor and Soles, Carter, contributor and Thompson, Ethan, contributor and Murray, Kristen, contributor
2016, Palgrave studies in comedy., ISBN 9781137593375, vi, 238 pages
The essays in this collection explore taboo and controversial humour in traditional scripted forms, such as sitcoms, and non-scripted forms, such as stand-up... 
Taboo | Cross-cultural studies | Television comedies | Motion picture acting | Genre | Cultural Studies | Cultural and Media Studies | Screen Performance | Cultural Theory
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6. Politics and the American television comedy
: a critical survey from I love lucy through South Park
by Greene, Doyle
2008, ISBN 0786432357, ix, 265
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7. Situation comedy, character, and psychoanalysis
: on the couch with Lucy, Basil and Kimmie
by Klika, D. T., author
2018, ISBN 1501327410, xi, 203 pages
Situation Comedy, Character and Psychoanalysis puts the sitcom character on the analyst's couch and closely examines the characters of Basil Fawlty, Lucy... 
Psychological aspects | Television comedies | Situation comedies (Television programs) | History and criticism
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8. British TV comedies
: cultural concepts, contexts and controversies
by Neumann, Birgit, 1974- editor and Kamm, Jürgen, 1955- editor
2016, ISBN 9781137552945, xiii, 363
This collection offers an overview of British TV comedies, ranging from the beginnings of sitcoms in the 1950s to the current boom of 'Britcoms'. It provides... 
Television comedies | Situation comedies (Television programs) | Great Britain | History and criticism | Culture-Study and teaching
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9. A national joke
: popular comedy and English cultural identities
by Medhurst, Andy
2007, ISBN 0415168775, xii, 228
Comedy is crucial to how the English see themselves. This book considers that proposition through a series of case studies of popular English comedies and... 
Television comedies | National characteristics, English | History and criticism | Comedy films | English wit and humor | Cultural Studies | Popular Culture
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10. Popular film and television comedy
by Neale, Stephen, 1950 and Krutnik, Frank, 1956
1990, Popular fictions series, ISBN 9780415046916, viii, 291 p. --
Steve Neale and Frank Krutnik take as their starting point the remarkable diversity of comedy's forms and modes - feature-length narratives, sketches and... 
Comedy programs | Television comedies | Comic, The | History and criticism | History | Comedy films | Performing Arts | Media & Film Studies | Film Studies
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11. The sitcom reader
: America viewed and skewed
by Dalton, Mary M and Linder, Laura R
2005, ISBN 9780791465707, xv, 337
Situation Comedy | American Society | Cinema, Broadcasting, Interactive Media | Radio, Television, Interactive Media | American Television
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12. A philosophy of comedy on stage and screen
: you have to be there
by May, Shaun
2016, 1st edition., ISBN 1472580435, viii, 213
Television comedies | Comedy | Comic, The | History and criticism | Comedy films
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13. Comedy and distinction
: the cultural currency of a 'good' sense of humour
by Friedman, Sam, 1984
2014, Culture, economy and the social, ISBN 0203740270, viii, 228
"Comedy is currently enjoying unprecedented growth within the British culture industries. Defying the recent economic downturn, it has exploded into a booming... 
English wit and humor | Audiences | Television comedies | Stand-up comedy | Social aspects | Great Britain HumorPublic opinion | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General | Great Britain Civilization | Comedy | SOCIAL SCIENCE / General | Public opinion | History and criticism | Comedy sketches | Contemporary Social Theory | Popular Culture | Sociology of Culture | Cultural Theory | Social Class | Sociology & Social Policy | Great Britain - Humor - Public opinion | Popular culture | Cultural theory | Sociology of culture | Sociology & social policy | Social class | Contemporary social theory
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14. Television's moment
: sitcom audiences and the sixties cultural revolution
by Hodenberg, Christina von
2015, ISBN 9781782386995, x, 331
Great Britain | Germany (West) | Television | United States | Situation comedies (Television programs) | 1900 - 1999 | Social aspects | History
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15. The television genre book
by Creeber, Glen, 1962- editor
2015, 3rd edition., ISBN 1844575268, xii, 244
"Genre is central to understanding the industrial context and visual form of television. This new edition of the key textbook on television genre brings... 
Television program genres
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16. Screen comedy and online audiences
by Bore, Inger-Lise Kalviknes, author
2017, 1, Routledge research in cultural and media studies, ISBN 1138780669, Volume 108, 182 pages
Screen Comedy and Online Audiences is boldly, brilliantly diverse, offering up a multi-text exploration of how different modalities, hybrids and subgenres of... 
Comedy films | Television comedies | Motion picture audiences | Television viewers | History and criticism | Social aspects | Online social networks | Sociology of Culture | Communication Studies | Media Studies | Television Studies | Gender Studies | New Media | Comedy | Gender | Cultural Theory | Audiences
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17. Russell Brand
: comedy, celebrity, politics
by Arthurs, Jane, author
2016, Palgrave studies in comedy, ISBN 9781137596277, xiii, 141 pages
Russell Brand is one of the most high profile and controversial celebrities of our time. A divisive figure, his ability to bounce back from adversity is... 
Brand, Russell, 1975 | Culture-Study and teaching | Democracy | Political Communication | Cultural and Media Studies | Screen Performance | Cultural Theory | Performing Arts | Politics and culture | Comedians
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18. Cult British TV comedy
: from Reeves and Mortimer to Psychoville
by Hunt, Leon, 1961
2013, ISBN 071908377X, xiii, 258
Television comedies | Cult films
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19. Politics is a joke
: how TV comedians are remaking political life
by Lichter, S. Robert and Morris, Jonathan S and Baumgartner, Jody C., 1958
2015, ISBN 9780813347189, xvi, 253
Are late-night comedians merely entertaining, or do they have the power to influence the way we think about politics and politicians? The authors examine the... 
Television in politics | Politics and culture | Political satire, American | United States | Television and politics | Television comedies | Influence | History and criticism | Television talk shows | Political aspects | Politics and government
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20. Humour as politics
: the political aesthetics of contemporary comedy
by Holm, Nicholas, author
2017, Palgrave studies in comedy, ISBN 3319509497, xii, 223 pages
Nicholas Holm argues that recent developments in contemporary comedy have changed not just the way we laugh but the way we understand the world. Drawing on a... 
Television comedies | History and criticism | Political aspects | Comedy films | Political satire | Cultural Policy and Politics | Aesthetics | Genre | Cultural and Media Studies | Film Theory | Audio-Visual Culture
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