Essays about: "comedies"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 essays containing the word comedies.

  1. 6. “Screwball”: A Genre for the People : Representing Social Classes in Depression Screwball Comedy (1934-1938)

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Virginie Pronovost; [2020]
    Keywords : screwball comedy; Depression screwball; social classes; Great Depression; cross-class relationships; escapism; 1930s American Cinema;

    Abstract : History welcomed the screwball comedy genre in 1934, a time where cinema was in urgent need of providing escapism to audiences victim of the Great Depression. Screwball films, therefore, chose to underline the distinction between social classes and to emphasise on the imperfections of the upper class. READ MORE

  3. 7. Black Masculinity and White-Cast Sitcoms : Unraveling stereotypes in New Girl

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Marie Zafimehy; [2019]
    Keywords : Black feminism; Feminist media studies; Men and masculinities; Representation; New Girl; Sitcoms;

    Abstract : For decades, situational comedies — commonly named “sitcoms” — have been racially segregated on TV between Black-cast sitcoms and White-cast sitcoms. Extensive research has been led about representation of Black and White masculinities in this segregated context. READ MORE

  4. 8. “Pansarskeppet kvinnligheten” deconstructed : A study of Eva Dahlbeck’s stardom in the intersection between Swedish post-war popular film culture and the auteur Ingmar Bergman

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Saki Kobayashi; [2018]
    Keywords : “Pansarskeppet kvinnligheten”; Eva Dahlbeck; Ingmar Bergman; Swedish film stars; Post-war Swedish popular film culture and media discourses; Waiting Women; A Lesson in Love; Smiles of a Summer Night; Richard Dyer; Filmjournalen; “Pansarskeppet kvinnligheten”; Eva Dahlbeck; Ingmar Bergman; Kvinnors väntan; En lektion i kärlek; Sommarnattens leende; Filmjournalen;

    Abstract : Eva Dahlbeck was one of Sweden’s most respected and popular actresses from the 1940s to the 1960s and is now remembered for her work with Ingmar Bergman, who allegedly nicknamed her “Pansarskeppet kvinnligheten” (“H.M.S. Femininity”). READ MORE

  5. 9. Wilde's Women : A feminist study of the female characters in Oscar Wilde’s comedies of manners: Lady Windermere’s Fan, A woman of No Importance and An Ideal Husband

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Minon Weber; [2017]
    Keywords : oscar wilde; wilde; comedies of manners; victorian England; society; Victorian Society; patriarchy; feminism; A Woman of No Importance; An Ideal Husband; Lady Windermere s Fan; Rita Felski; Felski; patriarchal society; transgressing gender boundaries; gender boundaries; fallen woman; fallen women; good women; good woman; stereotypes; theatre; play; plays; comedies; Oscar Wilde feminism; Oscar Wilde plays;

    Abstract : Towards the end of the 19th century, Wilde produced the three comedies that I will focus on in this essay. These plays, Lady Windermere’s Fan, A woman of No Importance and An Ideal Husband, are all comedies of manners: intelligent dramatic comedies satirising contemporary fashionable circles of society and its manners, as well as social expectations. READ MORE

  6. 10. Music for the Mad : A study of the madness in Purcell's mad songs

    University essay from Institutionen för musikvetenskap

    Author : Ester Lebedinski; [2009]
    Keywords : madness; song; Purcell; Durfey; Restoration comedy; the seventeenth century;

    Abstract :    ABSTRACT "Music for the Mad: A study of the madness in Purcell's mad songs" Ester Lebedinski, Uppsala University, Sweden, Department of Musicology, 2009. Madness was a stock topic in seventeenth-century drama, and music a compulsory feature on the Restoration stage. READ MORE