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

by RobKing (Author)

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Illustrated
2017
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Takes a comprehensive view of short-subject slapstick comedy in the early sound era. Challenging the received wisdom that sound destroyed the slapstick tradition, the author explores the slapstick short's Depression-era development against a backdrop of changes in film industry practice, comedic tastes, and moviegoing culture.

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Takes a comprehensive view of short-subject slapstick comedy in the early sound era. Challenging the received wisdom that sound destroyed the slapstick tradition, the author explores the slapstick short's Depression-era development against a backdrop of changes in film industry practice, comedic tastes, and moviegoing culture.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 260
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 05 Jun 2017
ISBN 10: 0520288114
ISBN 13: 9780520288119

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

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