Shocked But Connected : Notes on Laughter

Name: Shocked But Connected
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
SKU: 9781442217560
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ISBN: 9781442217560

by Michael Roemer

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 1442217561

ISBN-13 9781442217560

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Imprint Rowman & Littlefield

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 14th, 2012

Print length 288 Pages

Weight 618 grams

Dimensions 23.30 x 15.90 x 2.50 cms

Product Classification: Film theory & criticism Film: styles & genres Film history, theory or criticism Film: styles and genres

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In Shocked But Connected, distinguished filmmaker Michael Roemer reflects on the nature of comedy and laughter. Incorporating the work of both the great thinkers and great comedians of our age, Roemer investigates what makes us laugh and what distinguishes comedy from all other art forms.

Why do funny movies make us laugh? In this thoughtful essay, by turns stimulating and meditative, distinguished filmmaker and Yale professor Michael Roemer shares his musings on what causes us to chortle, snort, and guffaw when we watch antics onscreen or onstage. Roemer keeps us chuckling as he dissects punchy one-liners, Shakespearean plays, and everything in-between. Incorporating theories from such great thinkers as Sigmund Freud, Charles Baudelaire, Henri-Louis Bergson, and Soren Kierkegaard with the work of classic comedians like Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and the Marx Brothers, Roemer examines the purpose of comedy in our lives and in society. Shocked But Connected provides a serious reflection on a lighthearted subject.

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