Slapstick and Comic Performance - Comedy and Pain

Zusatztext "Her book examines the types of pain that can be greeted with uproarious mirth by perfectly sane and kindly audiences! both children and adults. Its definitive analysis shows the matter to be far from simple. In the context of slapstick! important distinctions emerge between accidental! random! intentional and real pain inflicted for amusement and these are carefully defined. ? a splendidly constructive analysis of an important but often ignored topic in humor research." (Jessica Milner Davis! Humor! Vol. 31 (03)! August! 2018) Informationen zum Autor Louise Peacock is a Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Practice at the University of Hull, UK, where she teaches a range of courses related to comedy in popular performance. She is the author of Serious Play: Modern Clown Performance. Klappentext Slapstick comedy has a long and lively history from Greek Theatre to the present day. This book explores the ways in which comic pain and comic violence are performed within slapstick to make the audience laugh. It draws examples from theatre, television and film on both sides of the Atlantic. Zusammenfassung Slapstick comedy has a long and lively history from Greek Theatre to the present day. This book explores the ways in which comic pain and comic violence are performed within slapstick to make the audience laugh. It draws examples from theatre! television and film on both sides of the Atlantic. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction PART I: ESTABLISHING A CRITICAL FRAMEWORK 1. What is Slapstick? 2. Structures and Techniques of Slapstick 3. Comedy and Pain PART II: TYPES OF PAIN ANALYSED 4. Accidental Pain 5. Random Pain: Objects and Animals 6. Intentional Pain 7. Real Pain Conclusion Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: L Peacock, L. Peacock, Louise Peacock
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349349296
• ISBN: 978-1-349-34929-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre; Theater, Genre, B, Performing Arts, Theatre Studies, Film History, Theatre and Performance Arts, Theater—History, Theatre History, Palgrave Theatre & Performance Collection, Theatre and Performance Studies, Film and Television Studies, Film and TV History, Screen Studies, Motion pictures—History, Motion pictures and television, Film history, theory & criticism, Film genres, Film: styles & genres, Genre Studies