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Screwball Comedies as a Genre
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Screwball Comedies as a Genre
A review of "Some Like It Hot" by Billy Wilder and "Victor/Victoria" by Blake Edwards including plots, stereotypes, a discussion of sexual duality, musical numbers and genre stages.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages) |
2 sources |
1992
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"The purpose of this research is to discuss film genre and theory. Genre is a method of classifying narrative structure. It is a formula consisting of style, subject matter, stereotypes, and conventions that characterizes certain types of film that have become popular with American audiences. Several genres that have emerged out of the collective American psyche are the gangster film, the Western, the musical, the screwball comedy, and the horror film. An audience knows what the ingredients are and recognizes these conventions in a film of a certain genre, even finding comfort with the familiarity of the stereotypes.Making a film in a certain genre also allows the filmmaker to use a kind of shorthand in presenting his world. Stock devices are useful and do not take away from time that might better be spent for other aesthetic purposes. However, the..."
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