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The Comedy of Errors as Problem Comedy
Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature, 1987Many elements combine in The Comedy of Errors to create a genera mista: the tragicomedy of the Egeon frame, the romantic comedy of S. Antipholus's love for Luciana, the predominant farce of a mistakenidentity plot with its knockabout humor. The plot develops out of a series of quests: Egeon seeks his son and finds his family; S.
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Not Just a Joke: Tina Fey, Amy Schumer, and the Weak Reflexivity of White Feminist Comedy
Women's Studies in Communication, 2019This article explores the strategic functions of white feminist comedy to mask and dismiss racism through an analysis of two recent films: Tina Fey’s Whiskey Tango Foxtrot and Amy Schumer’s Snatched. Both comedians are revered for their feminist politics,
Michelle L. Colpean, Meg Tully
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Go Fix It: Comedy as an Agent of Political Activation*
Social Science Quarterly, 2018Objective One of the recent late‐night political comedy successes is John Oliver's Last Week Tonight, which includes frequent calls to action at the end of a segment, encouraging viewers to do something about the problem they have just learned about ...
L. Bode, Amy B. Becker
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Mass Communication & Society, 2018
Using a pretest–posttest and delayed recontact experimental design with a national sample, this study examines shifts in U.S. public attitudes about Syrian refugees after watching a topical satirical news segment on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee ...
Lauren A. Feldman, Caty Borum Chattoo
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Using a pretest–posttest and delayed recontact experimental design with a national sample, this study examines shifts in U.S. public attitudes about Syrian refugees after watching a topical satirical news segment on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee ...
Lauren A. Feldman, Caty Borum Chattoo
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Comedic Cognition: The Impact of Elaboration on Political Comedy Effects
Western journal of communication, 2018Political comedy has become an integral component of the political information environment. Though a great deal has been learned about the informative and persuasive effects of political comedy, the medium continues to evolve.
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2005
Comedy is a fundamental part of the human experience. Collecting the work of today's leading scholars, Maurice Charney presents 40 essays on the many forms that comedy has taken throughout history. Ranging from the comic plays of ancient times to Renaissance and Restoration comedies, from Commedia dell'Arte to stand-up performers, from trickster tales ...
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Comedy is a fundamental part of the human experience. Collecting the work of today's leading scholars, Maurice Charney presents 40 essays on the many forms that comedy has taken throughout history. Ranging from the comic plays of ancient times to Renaissance and Restoration comedies, from Commedia dell'Arte to stand-up performers, from trickster tales ...
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2011
Analisi della dimensione della commedia nella serialità televisiva americana, con particolare riferimento al suo ruolo socio ...
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Analisi della dimensione della commedia nella serialità televisiva americana, con particolare riferimento al suo ruolo socio ...
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The Tulane Drama Review, 1960
A friend once told me that when he was under the influence of ether he dreamed he was turning over the pages of a great book, in which he knew he would find, on the last page, the meaning of life. The pages of the book were alternately tragic and comic, and he turned page after page, his excitement growing, not only because he was approaching the ...
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A friend once told me that when he was under the influence of ether he dreamed he was turning over the pages of a great book, in which he knew he would find, on the last page, the meaning of life. The pages of the book were alternately tragic and comic, and he turned page after page, his excitement growing, not only because he was approaching the ...
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2000
Abstract What did Shakespeare read in order to write his comedies? He read the classics, probably in Latin and in translation, especially Plautus (c. 250-184 BC) and Terence (c.190-159 BC). These playwrights, heirs to Menander (fourth century BC) and other Greeks, gave to later generations a flexible repertory of comic characters-the old
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Abstract What did Shakespeare read in order to write his comedies? He read the classics, probably in Latin and in translation, especially Plautus (c. 250-184 BC) and Terence (c.190-159 BC). These playwrights, heirs to Menander (fourth century BC) and other Greeks, gave to later generations a flexible repertory of comic characters-the old
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