Essays about: "dark comedy"
Found 2 essays containing the words dark comedy.
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1. lowercase t (parting with and for caps lock Moondialed No +***** *****8 [Orbituary]) : Mezzanine 2
University essay from Kungl. KonsthögskolanAbstract : When I write I, I also write we (say we also write that we’re momentarily in possession of the possibilities, and as for the possibilities: they have us), as in my hyperbolic twin brother and I, and from that point on (as well as before) in company with the gaps between us. The auto-corrections, the imposed circumstances, the complicities, and some conspirationalist copings within a system with no clearly identifiable nemesis. READ MORE
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2. In-Yer-Face: A Study of Unsettling British TV Comedy, Critical Discomfort and Public Offence
University essay from Lunds universitet/FilmvetenskapAbstract : In this essay I explore contemporary British TV comedy that unsettles and offends its audience by pushing humour to its very outer limits. Attempts to breach decorum and provoke the reader/audience is not a new phenomenon, and by looking at the Modernist rejection of bourgeois values I try to contextualise this fascination with transgression and provocation. READ MORE