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Television Sitcom
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Author : Brett Mills
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005-11-17
Television Sitcom written by Brett Mills and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11-17 with Performing Arts categories.
Despite its global reach, longstanding popularity, and immense profitability, sitcom has been repeatedly neglected in theoretical work on television and media. This book demonstrates that this lack needs to be sorely addressed, by dragging analysis of sitcom up to date, with a wealth of contemporary examples, a range of new approaches to the genre, and examination of the roles sitcom and comedy play within society. The book takes as its starting point the variety of ways in which sitcom has traditionally been explored. A chapter on genre examines the history and development of sitcom, and the institutional structures which produce it. There is also analysis of differences between sitcoms produced in a range of countries, and what happens when a programme gets sold abroad and remade. A chapter on representation explores the debates about the ways in which sitcom chooses who to make jokes about and why, and whether this matters. And a chapter on performance argues that this is a vital, and underexplored, aspect of sitcom's funniness, and interrogates the ways in which comic actors make their performance funny. With specific case studies on Will and Grace, The Office, and The Cosby Show, as well as analysis of a broad range of contemporary and historical examples throughout, this book will be of interest to students of sitcom and comedy, as well as those of television and popular culture.
Sitcom
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Author : Brett Mills
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2019-08-06
Sitcom written by Brett Mills and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-06 with Art categories.
Even though sitcom has been a consistent staple of broadcasting the world over, rigorous academic work on it as a genre remains limited. This book examines sitcom as an industry in terms of production, audiences and texts, drawing on a range of examples and case studies in order to examine the genre's characteristics, social position, and pleasures. In highlighting this long-lasting and popular form of television, it offers insights into genre theory and explores how the comic aim of sitcom forms a central characteristic of the genre.Brett Mills takes a global view of sitcom, examining international examples as well as those produced by the more dominant British and American broadcasting industries, in order to explore the relationships between sitcom, nation, and identity. Sitcoms considered include Extras, My Family, Curb Your Enthusiasm, One Foot in the Grave, Peep Show, Summer Heights High, Popetown, and Friends.Key Features*Draws on original research into the television industry, incorporating interviews with sitcom writers, directors and producers*Includes research on audience responses to sitcom, with reference to offence, pleasure, and social change*Offers detailed textual analyses of a range of programmes, drawing on Humour Theory to explore the ways in which jokes and comic moments work*Outlines the future for sitcom, considering new media developments and the changing relationships between broadcasters and audiences.
The Best Of Tv Sitcoms
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Author : John Javna
language : en
Publisher: Harmony
Release Date : 1988
The Best Of Tv Sitcoms written by John Javna and has been published by Harmony this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Performing Arts categories.
A panel of 100 top TV critics reviews the best five and worst three sitcoms of each decade since the 1950s. Each show's special appeal is captured in an essay by popular culture author John Javna, along with 225 photos, lines of dialogue and insider's gossip.
Total Television
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Author : Alex McNeil
language : en
Publisher: New York : Penguin Books
Release Date : 1991
Total Television written by Alex McNeil and has been published by New York : Penguin Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Performing Arts categories.
Television
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Author : Catherine Chambers
language : en
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Release Date : 2001
Television written by Catherine Chambers and has been published by Heinemann Educational Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Provides information on how a television show is created and the types of work involved in producing one.
The Office
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Author : Ben Walters
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005-12
The Office written by Ben Walters and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12 with Performing Arts categories.
Created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, The Office is arguably the first British TV masterpiece of the new century. Gervais stars as David Brent, branch manager of a paper merchants located on a trading estate in the soulless confines of Slough, south-east England. A mock fly-on-the-wall documentary which is by turns satirical, bitter and poignant, The Office first aired in 2001, finding a solid cult audience. But its second series and the subsequent two-part Christmas special found huge mainstream popularity; when it was released on DVD, The Office became the UK's fastest- and biggest-selling television show ever in that medium. Gervais is grotesquely captivating as the smug, insecure, unreconstructed piglet of a manager whose inflated ego is belied by his incomprehensible jargon. His lieutenant and sidekick Gareth (Mackenzie Crook) is a gormless fantasist with comparable (though military) delusions of grandeur. Together they turn the workplace into a surreal circus worthy of Sartre - to the disbelief or bafflement of their co-workers, notably Tim (Martin Freeman), the cynical sales clerk, and Dawn (Lucy Davis), the wistful receptionist. Ben Walters traces the roots of The Office in the history of British comedy: David Brent is heir to a whole line of pathetic ogres, including Albert Steptoe, Basil Fawlty and Alan Partridge. Drawing on extensive interviews with Gervais and Merchant conducted specially for this book, Walters explores how the show came to be made, what it has to say about contemporary Britain, and why it achieved such spectacular (and international) success.
The Tv And Movie Business
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Author : Harvey Rachlin
language : en
Publisher: Harmony
Release Date : 1991
The Tv And Movie Business written by Harvey Rachlin and has been published by Harmony this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Business & Economics categories.
A definitive guide to the behind-the-scenes workings of the television broadcasting and motion picture industries.
The Queer Encyclopedia Of Film Television
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Author : Claude J. Summers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
The Queer Encyclopedia Of Film Television written by Claude J. Summers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Performing Arts categories.
How did Liberace's costumes kill him? Which lesbian comedian spent her high school years as 'the best white cheerleader in Detroit'? For these answers and many more, fans can dip into this book. Drawn from the fascinating online encyclopaedia of queer arts and culture - www.glbtq.com - this is the only reference book in which RuPaul and Jean Cocteau jostle for space. From the porn industry to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, from body building to Dorothy Arzner, this is an indispensable guide: readable, authoritative and concise.
Screen
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Screen written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Motion pictures categories.
Television Sitcom
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Author : Brett Mills
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005-11-17
Television Sitcom written by Brett Mills and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11-17 with Performing Arts categories.
Despite its global reach, longstanding popularity, and immense profitability, sitcom has been repeatedly neglected in theoretical work on television and media. This book demonstrates that this lack needs to be sorely addressed, by dragging analysis of sitcom up to date, with a wealth of contemporary examples, a range of new approaches to the genre, and examination of the roles sitcom and comedy play within society. The book takes as its starting point the variety of ways in which sitcom has traditionally been explored. A chapter on genre examines the history and development of sitcom, and the institutional structures which produce it. There is also analysis of differences between sitcoms produced in a range of countries, and what happens when a programme gets sold abroad and remade. A chapter on representation explores the debates about the ways in which sitcom chooses who to make jokes about and why, and whether this matters. And a chapter on performance argues that this is a vital, and underexplored, aspect of sitcom's funniness, and interrogates the ways in which comic actors make their performance funny. With specific case studies on Will and Grace, The Office, and The Cosby Show, as well as analysis of a broad range of contemporary and historical examples throughout, this book will be of interest to students of sitcom and comedy, as well as those of television and popular culture.