LEADER 02485oam 2200649I 450 001 9910458892503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-135-96622-2 010 $a1-135-96623-0 010 $a1-282-59547-4 010 $a9786612595479 010 $a0-203-87676-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203876763 035 $a(CKB)2670000000018595 035 $a(EBL)515325 035 $a(OCoLC)630537628 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000428239 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12104322 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000428239 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10414679 035 $a(PQKB)11172460 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515325 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL515325 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10389448 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL259547 035 $a(OCoLC)643573065 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000018595 100 $a20180706d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSlapstick comedy /$fedited by Tom Paulus and Rob King 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 225 1 $aAFI film readers series 300 $aPreviously published in the AFI Film Readers series. 311 $a0-415-80179-6 311 $a0-415-80178-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Originality and adaptation -- pt. 2. Mechanics and modernity -- pt. 3. Bodies and performance. 330 $aFrom Chaplin's tramp to the Bathing Beauties, from madcap chases to skyscraper perils, slapstick comedy supplied many of the most enduring icons of American cinema in the silent era. This collection of fourteen essays by prominent film scholars challenges longstanding critical dogma and offers new conceptual frameworks for thinking about silent comedy's place in film history and American culture. The contributors discuss a broad range of topics including the contested theatrical or cinematic origins of slapstick; the comic spectacle of crazy technology and trick stunts; the filmmakers who s 410 0$aAFI film readers. 606 $aComedy films 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aComedy films. 676 $a791.43617 701 $aKing$b Rob$f1975-$0937428 701 $aPaulus$b Tom$0937429 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458892503321 996 $aSlapstick comedy$92111485 997 $aUNINA