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Because they rely heavily on physical comedy, many Hollywood slapstick films can be understood as comic meditations on the place and nature of the human body. Focusing on the works of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Laurel and Hardy, among others, this book examines ways that the body represents or interacts with the mind, setting, voice and machines in slapstick films. It also covers female performances in slapstick and brutality and suffering in the slapstick tradition.

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ISBN 9780786430635
Author Alex Clayton
Format Paperback
Page Count 237
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Weight(grams) 340g

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