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Despite the prominence of "awkwardness" as cultural buzzword and descriptor of a sub-genre of contemporary film and television comedy, it has yet to be adequate
Dead Funny
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Authors: David Gillota
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-07-14 - Publisher: Rutgers University Press

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Horror films strive to make audiences scream, but they also garner plenty of laughs. In fact, there is a long tradition of horror directors who are fluent in hu
The Cinema of Discomfort
Language: en
Pages: 396
Authors: Geoff King
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-10-07 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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How do we understand types of cinema that offer experiences of discomfort, awkwardness or disquieting uncertainty? This book examines a number of examples of su
Mockumentary Comedy
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Pages: 230
Authors: Richard Wallace
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This book is the first to take comedy seriously as an important aspect of the popular mockumentary form of film and television fiction. It examines the ways in
Extreme Cinema
Language: en
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Authors: Kerner Aaron Kerner
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Extreme Cinema examines the highly stylized treatment of sex and violence in post-millennial transnational cinema, where the governing convention is not the nar