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Parody as film genre [electronic resource] : "never give a saga an even break" / Wes D. Gehring ; foreword by Scott R. Olson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Contributions to the study of popular culture ; no. 69.Publication details: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 223 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 031300353X
  • 9780313003530
  • 9780313261862
  • 0313261865
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Parody as film genre.DDC classification:
  • 791.43/617 21
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.C55 G426 1999eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Illustrations; Foreword: Puncturing and Reaffirmation; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Parody Overview; 2 Everyone's Going West; 3 The Pre-Brooks King of Parody: Bob Hope ... And Disciple Woody Allen; 4 Mel Brooks; 5 Two for the Road; 6 Epilogue; Appendix: Selected Filmography; Selected Bibliography; Index.
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  • digitized 2010 committed to preserve
Summary: An overview of the place of parody in film history. It defines the genre, differentiating it from satire, and demonstrates how a well-executed spoof provides an educational blueprint of its target genre. Films discussed include "Destry Rides Again" (1939) and "Scream" (1996).
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Books Books Symbiosis Center for Media & Communication, Vimannagar 791.43617 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available SCMC-B-4256

Filmography: pages 201-208.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217) and index.

Illustrations; Foreword: Puncturing and Reaffirmation; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Parody Overview; 2 Everyone's Going West; 3 The Pre-Brooks King of Parody: Bob Hope ... And Disciple Woody Allen; 4 Mel Brooks; 5 Two for the Road; 6 Epilogue; Appendix: Selected Filmography; Selected Bibliography; Index.

An overview of the place of parody in film history. It defines the genre, differentiating it from satire, and demonstrates how a well-executed spoof provides an educational blueprint of its target genre. Films discussed include "Destry Rides Again" (1939) and "Scream" (1996).

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