The Marx Brothers as Social Critics: Satire and Comic Nihilism in Their Films
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EAN/UPC/ISBN Code
9780786439423
Брэнд
McFarland & Co Inc
Автор
Martin A. Gardner
Страниц
218
Год выпуска
2009
The Marx Brothers" films are packed with slapstick and obvious jokes, gags, puns, pratfalls, and mimicry. But beneath the laughs is a serious and biting condemnation of American culture. This book examines historical events, political practices, economic conditions, manners and customs, literary subjects, and popular entertainment as satirized in the films and considers the ways in which the films were relevant in their era and remain so today.