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The Body in Hollywood Slapstick
by Alex Clayton
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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. Also covered are female performances in slapstick and brutality and suffering in the slapstick tradition.
About the Author:
Alex Clayton lives in the United Kingdom.
Press Reviews:
"explores the Hollywood genre of physical comedy…uses examples from the work of greats such as Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton"—Reference & Research Book News.
See the publisher website: McFarland & Co
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