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Beyond a joke : parody in English film and television comedy

Archer, Neil, 1971- author

Overview

Explores the variety of ways British film culture has used forms of parody, from the 1960s to the present day. It provides a contextual and textual analysis of a range of works that, while popular, have only rarely been the subject of serious academic attention from Morecambe and Wise to Shaun of the Dead to the London 2012 Olympics' opening ceremony. Combining the methodologies of both film history and film theory, Beyond a Joke locates parody within specific industrial and cultural moments, while also looking in detail at the aesthetics of parody as a mode. Ultimately, such works are shown to be a form of culturally specific film or televisual product for exporting to the global market, in which 'Britishness', shaped in self-mocking and ironic terms, becomes the selling point. Written in an accessible style and illustrated throughout with a diverse range of examples, Beyond a Joke is the first book to explore parody within a specifically British context and makes an invaluable contribution to the scholarship on both British and global film culture.

• Publisher: I.B. Tauris
• Subject: 1900-1999 / Parody films Great Britain History and criticism 20th century. / Television comedies Great Britain History and criticism. / Television comedies. / Parody films. / Great Britain.
• ISBN: 9781784536633, 1784536636

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PN1995.9.C55 A73 2017	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE