Shocked but connected. Notes on laughter
by Roemer
Why do funny movies make us laugh? In this essay, by turns stimulating and meditative, distinguished filmmaker and Yale professor Michael Roemer shares his musings on what causes us to chortle, snort, and guffaw when we watch antics onscreen or onstage. Roemer keeps us chuckling as he dissects punchy one-liners, Shakespearean plays, and everything in-between. Incorporating theories from such great thinkers as Sigmund Freud, Charles Baudelaire, Henri-Louis Bergson, and Soren Kierkegaard with the…
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- Full title :Shocked but connected. Notes on laughter. / Michael Roemer.
Summary
Why do funny movies make us laugh? In this essay, by turns stimulating and meditative, distinguished filmmaker and Yale professor Michael Roemer shares his musings on what causes us to chortle, snort, and guffaw when we watch antics onscreen or onstage. Roemer keeps us chuckling as he dissects punchy one-liners, Shakespearean plays, and everything in-between. Incorporating theories from such great thinkers as Sigmund Freud, Charles Baudelaire, Henri-Louis Bergson, and Soren Kierkegaard with the work of classic comedians like Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and the Marx Brothers, Roemer examines the purpose of comedy in our lives and in society. 'Shocked but connected' provides a serious reflection on a lighthearted subject.
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- Publication Date:2013.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Rowman & Littlefield Publ
- Place of Publication:Blue Ridge Summit
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
The Physical Object
- Description:288 pages
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781442217560, 1442217561
- oclc:ocn833340694
- LC Classification:PN1990-1997
- Dewey Decimal:791
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