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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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Hokum!, Robert J. King
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- Released
- 2017
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- Title
- Hokum!
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Robert J. King
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Publisher
- 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0520288114
- ISBN13
- 9780520288119
- Description
- 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.