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American Film Comedies (Paperback)
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Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies -
Literature, grade: 1,3, Dresden Technical University (Amerikanische
Kultur- und Literaturwissenschaften), course: American Film
Comedies, 0 entries in the bibliography, language: English,
comment: "Something's Gotta Give" / "Cactus Flower", abstract: This
dialogue from "Cactus Flower" is very likely to catch the attention
of a 21stcentury woman instantly because of its chauvinist,
discriminating tone against women. It is very intriguing to find
this conversation in a film which was shot in the so-called liberal
sixties, and which raised the question to me whether patriarchal
values are only detectable in older romantic comedies such as
"Cactus Flower" (1969) or whether these values became obsolete in
newer romantic comedies such as "Something's Gotta Give" (2003). In
spite of the constant success of romantic comedies "There's
Something about Mary" (2001), for instance, passed the "gold record
line" of $100 million with flying colours little attention has been
paid to analyzing this film genre. The few critics who analyzed and
interpreted film comedies tend to focus on masterpieces and on
auteur films such as "The General" by Buster Keaton, but they are
likely to neglect romantic comedies. Therefore, this paper focuses
deliberately on romantic comedies which are neither in the canon of
masterpieces nor directed by an auteur. Interestingly, critics have
not been able to agree on a final definition of romantic comedies,
for which reason I chose to draw on Thomas Schatz's definition:
Romantic comedies are "fast-paced, witty comedies of manners
exploiting the foibles of America's leisure class" (Classical
Hollywood Comedies 126). An additional characteristic of romantic
comedies, is the fact that focus is put on the mating of the major
characters, with the result that gender quarrels play a major role.
Consequently, romantic comedies propose to the spectatorship how to
find true love, and they c
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Imprint: |
Grin Verlag
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2013 |
First published: |
November 2013 |
Authors: |
Rebecca Rasche
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Dimensions: |
210 x 148 x 2mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
32 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-656-38109-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
General
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LSN: |
3-656-38109-7 |
Barcode: |
9783656381099 |
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