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American Dark Comedy: Beyond Satire
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American Dark Comedy: Beyond Satire

Wes D. Gehring
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From Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush to Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction , Gehring presents a theory of the black comedy film genre. Placing the movies he discusses in an historical and literary context, Gehring explores the genre’s obsession with death and the characters’ failure to be shocked by it. Movies discussed include: Slaughterhouse Five , Catch 22 , Clockwork Orange , Harold and Maude , Heathers and Natural Born Killers .

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Country
United States
Date
30 July 1996
Pages
224
ISBN
9780313261848

From Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush to Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction , Gehring presents a theory of the black comedy film genre. Placing the movies he discusses in an historical and literary context, Gehring explores the genre’s obsession with death and the characters’ failure to be shocked by it. Movies discussed include: Slaughterhouse Five , Catch 22 , Clockwork Orange , Harold and Maude , Heathers and Natural Born Killers .

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Country
United States
Date
30 July 1996
Pages
224
ISBN
9780313261848

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