Martin A. Gardner

The Marx Brothers as Social Critics

Satire and Comic Nihilism in Their Films

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Marx Brothers' films are packed with slapstick and obvious jokes, gags, puns, pratfalls, and mimicry. But beneath the laughs is a serious and biting condemnation of American culture. This book examines historical events, political practices, economic conditions, manners and customs, literary subjects, and popular entertainment as satirized in the films and considers the ways in which the films were relevant in their era and remain so today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 365g
• ISBN-13: 9780786439423
• ISBN-10: 0786439424
• Artikelnr.: 26203674

Autorenporträt

Martin A. Gardner has worked in advertising and as a writer for The Village Voice, House Beautiful, and Art Business News, among other periodicals. He lives in New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface     
1. An Indifferent World     
2. Triumphs, Tryouts, and Turkeys: The Film Career     
3. The Writers     
4. You Can Get Stucco     
5. Is It Swordfish?     
6. The Seven-Cent Nickel     
7. A Job in the Mint     
8. A Standing Army     
9. Dear Old Ivy     
10. A Coed with Two Pair of Pants     
11. The Whole Wig     
12. It's Tough on My Suspenders     
13. Three Hardboiled Eggs     
14. Ice Water in 318     
15. The Main Hungerdunger     
16. Grand Slam     
17. A Very Strange Interlude     
18. A Brace of Woodpeckers     
19. Upside Down     
20. Whim Wham     
Appendix: Credits of the Films Discussed     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index