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Author Gehring, Wes D.

Title Parody as film genre : "never give a saga an even break" / Wes D. Gehring ; foreword by Scott R. Olson.

Publication Info. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 223 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Contributions to the study of popular culture, 0198-9871 ; no. 69
Contributions to the study of popular culture ; no. 69. 0198-9871
Bibliography Filmography: pages 201-208.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217) and index.
Contents Illustrations; Foreword: Puncturing and Reaffirmation; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Parody Overview; 2 Everyone's Going West; 3 The Pre-Brooks King of Parody: Bob Hope ... And Disciple Woody Allen; 4 Mel Brooks; 5 Two for the Road; 6 Epilogue; Appendix: Selected Filmography; Selected Bibliography; Index.
Summary An overview of the place of parody in film history. It defines the genre, differentiating it from satire, and demonstrates how a well-executed spoof provides an educational blueprint of its target genre. Films discussed include "Destry Rides Again" (1939) and "Scream" (1996).
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Parody films -- History and criticism.
Parody films.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Gehring, Wes D. Parody as film genre. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999 0313261865 (DLC) 99018592 (OCoLC)40738975
ISBN 031300353X (electronic book)
9780313003530 (electronic book)
9780313261862 (alkaline paper)
0313261865 (alkaline paper)