Genre-Busting Dark Comedies of the 1970s: Twelve American Films

by Wes D. Gehring

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This examination of dark comedies of the 1970s focuses on films which concealed black humor behind a misleading genre label. All That Jazz (1979) is a musical...about death--hardly Fred and Ginger territory. This masking goes beyond misnomer to a breaking of formula that director Robert Altman called "anti-genre." Altman's MASH (1970) ridiculed the military establishment in general--the Vietnam War in particular--under the guise...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0786495421

ISBN13:9780786495429

Release Date:March 2016

Publisher:McFarland & Company

Length:252 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.9" x 9.9"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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