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What Made Pistachio Nuts?: Early Sound Comedy and the Vaudeville Aesthetic

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What Made Pistachio Nuts?: Early Sound Comedy and the Vaudeville Aesthetic - Jenkins, Henry, Professor, PhD
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Lively and highly readable, "What Made Pistachio Nuts?" examines what Henry Jenkins calls the anarchistic tradition of American film comedy. Anarchistic comedies of the 1930s mock the social order and celebrate the creativity and impulsiveness of their protagonists in a form of clowning that ultimately reestablishes the status quo.Jenkins focuses on well-known films such as the Marx Brothers' "Duck Soup" and W.C. Fields' "It's a Gift, " as well as all-but-forgotten works like "Diplomaniacs, Hollywood Party, So Long Lefty, " ...

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What Made Pistachio Nuts?: Early Sound Comedy and the Vaudeville Aesthetic 1992, Columbia University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780231078559

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What Made Pistachio Nuts?: Early Sound Comedy and the Vaudeville Aesthetic 1992, Columbia University Press, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780231078542

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