{"product_id":"slapstick-comedy-tom-paulus-9780415801782","title":"Slapstick Comedy","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom 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 shaped the style of early slapstick; and comedy's implications for theories of film form and spectatorship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the origins and continued importance of a film genre at the heart of American cinema from its earliest days to today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Paulus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415801788\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415801782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Tom Paulus","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064959742207,"sku":"9780415801782","price":230.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1bb7cd3c-fb99-415c-b818-02919e043dc9.jpg?v=1768672194","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/slapstick-comedy-tom-paulus-9780415801782","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}