Becoming Benny : The Evolution of Jack Benny's Character Comedy from Vaudeville to Radio
This case study traces the evolution of Jack Benny's comedy practices as he moved across entertainment systems from vaudeville to radio in the early 1930s. The core of his comic identity endured—his self-deprecating humor—but other facets of his comic identity shifted and changed in reaction to...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Studies in American Humor. - American Humor Studies Association, 1974. - 1(2015), 2, Seite 163-191 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Studies in American Humor |
| Schlagworte: | comedy radio vaudeville Jack Benny situation comedy character comic persona Social sciences Arts Economics mehr... |