Parody as film genre "never give a saga an even break"
Title:
Parody as film genre "never give a saga an even break"
Author:
Gehring, Wes D.
ISBN:
9780313003530
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Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxii, 223 p.) : ill.
Series:
Contributions to the study of popular culture, no. 69
Contributions to the study of popular culture ; no. 69.
Contents:
Illustrations; Foreword: Puncturing and Reaffirmation; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Parody Overview; 2 Everyone's Going West; 3 The Pre-Brooks King of Parody: Bob Hope ... And Disciple Woody Allen; 4 Mel Brooks; 5 Two for the Road; 6 Epilogue; Appendix: Selected Filmography; Selected Bibliography; Index.
Abstract:
An overview of the place of parody in film history. It defines the genre, differentiating it from satire, and demonstrates how a well-executed spoof provides an educational blueprint of its target genre. Films discussed include "Destry Rides Again" (1939) and "Scream" (1996).
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