Assault on Society : Satirical Literature to Film
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0810825074
ISBN-13
9780810825079
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Imprint
Scarecrow Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 1st, 1992
Print length
293 Pages
Weight
481 grams
Dimensions
22.00 x 14.40 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Films, cinema
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Explores over four decades of satirical and dark comedy films.
Assault on Society explores over four decades of satirical and dark comedy films, a genre that has been examined only piecemeal before. Since many of these were adapted from novels and dramas, McCaffrey concentrates on literature transformed to the screen. Some works of the genre attack society''s defects with the intent to change them, or at least to make us aware of them. If change seems impossible, the absurdist tone of the work has therapeutic value, as in the case of Dr. Strangelove, Catch-22, Day of the Locust, or A Clockwork Orange. Tom Jones and The Horse''s Mouth feature picaresque protagonists and expose hypocrisy, blindness, and pretense. The legacy of dark humor and satire from the 60s and 70s lives on in the movies of the 80s and 90s.
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