Tragedy plus time : national trauma and television comedy /

"The old joke is that Comedy = Tragedy + Time. Scepanski looks at that equation at a national level, examining how television comedy has dealt with various widescale tragedies, from the assassination of JFK to 9/11 to school shootings. Comedy is often the lens to talk about difficult subjects,...

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Main Author:	Scepanski, Philip (Author)
Format:	Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Austin : University of Texas Press, 2021.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Television comedies > Social aspects > United States. Psychic trauma > Humor > Social aspects > United States. Disasters > Humor > Social aspects > United States. American wit and humor > Social aspects. Americans > Psychology.
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