Popular film and television comedy
By: Steve Neale and Frank Krutnik.
Contributors: Krutnik, Frank, 1956-
Series: Popular fictions series; Popular fiction series.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1990
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
Subjects: Comedy films -- History and criticism; Television comedies -- History; Comic, The
Description: "How is comedy related to its institutional context? Neale and Krutnik, in this wide-ranging discussion of the genre, propose that comedy always involves deviation from aesthetic and cultural conventions and norms"--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-277) and index.