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  What is so comical about old choreography?

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  Mari Pajala University of Turku (Finland)

  November 09, 2007

  6 comments

  What is so comical about old choreography? history globalization nostalgia music video Scandanavia Finland Armi & Danny 1970s Grease dance comedy Gregorious YMCA context Curator's Note Many of the most widely circulated clips of old Finnish telev ...
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  NBC Comedy, 2011 Style

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  Ethan Thompson Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

  September 22, 2011

  2 comments

  NBC Comedy, 2011 Style up all night seinfeld NBC fall season comedy arnett Curator's Note I watched Up All Night, a new NBC sitcom starring two supremely talented comic actors (Will Arnett and Maya Rudolph) and another exceptional one, Christina Appl ...
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  Sex and Screwball Comedy in The Good Wife

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  Kelli Marshall DePaul University

  October 14, 2011

  4 comments

  a conversation, she snaps, “I’m always astounded when a man like you expresses such unadulterated drivel.” He ... retorts quickly, “Funny. I’m never astounded when you do.” As in classical screwball comedies, this witty ...
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  User-Generated Media and Comedy in War

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  Nicole Clark Army Veteran

  January 14, 2014

  6 comments

  User-Generated Media and Comedy in War war videos military comedy Curator's Note Perhaps the most interesting media related aspect of modern warfare is that soldiers on the ground have the distinct opportunity of representing themselves in media. Sit ...
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  Colbert and the Talk Show Games

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  Ethan Thompson Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

  August 31, 2015

  2 comments

  segments and I’m not sure were that far removed from “Heatherball.” But it does seems to me that Colbert is ... top-dollar stars the first week or two of the new Colbert show, I’m looking forward to a few more weeks down ...
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  Brian Regan: “Poking a stick at the world”

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  Kathleen Collins John Jay College of Criminal Justice (City University of New York)

  May 19, 2016

  6 comments

  male, Regan counters the system with sarcastic barbs and beleaguered refrains of “I’m trying.” Though ...
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  Amy Schumer's Mirrors

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  Lisa Glebatis Perks Merrimack College

  June 02, 2016

  2 comments

  Amy Schumer's Mirrors Racial Stereotypes humor comedy as mirror comedy amy schumer Curator's Note Amy Schumer's rise in comedy coincided with allegations of racial and ethnic insensitivity. Stacey Patton and David J. Leonard wrote in The Wa ...
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  Netflix's Brandless Stand-up Comedy Specials

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  Eric Forthun The University of Texas at Austin

  April 23, 2019

  2 comments

  economic imperative to appeal to as many audiences, in as many languages and regions, as possible ...
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  Queer World Making in Canadian Comedies

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  Jason Edward Black University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  May 22, 2020

  can affirm queer world making, it is possible for those offscreen to do the same regardless of their ...