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Author : Brett Mills
Publisher : TV Genres
ISBN 13 : 9780748637515
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (375 download)
Download or read book The Sitcom written by Brett Mills and published by TV Genres. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an overview of the debates surrounding the sitcom genre.
Author : Jeremy G. Butler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317530993
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)
Download or read book The Sitcom written by Jeremy G. Butler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-09 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new Routledge Television Guidebook, Jeremy G. Butler studies our love-hate relationship with the durable sitcom, analyzing the genre’s position as a major media artefact within American culture and providing a historical overview of its evolution in the USA. Everyone loves the sitcom genre; and yet, paradoxically, everyone hates the sitcom, too. This book examines themes of gender, race, ethnicity, and the family that are always at the core of humor in our culture, tracking how those discourses are embedded in the sitcom’s relatively rigid storytelling structures. Butler pays particular attention to the sitcom’s position in today’s post-network media landscape and sample analyses of Sex and the City, Black-ish, The Simpsons, and The Andy Griffith Show illuminate how the sitcom is infused with foundational American values. At once contemporary and reflective, The Sitcom is a must-read for students and scholars of television, comedy, and broader media studies, and a great classroom text.
Author : Rick Mitz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (139 download)
Download or read book The Great TV Sitcom Book written by Rick Mitz and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joanne Morreale
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815629832
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (298 download)
Download or read book Critiquing the Sitcom written by Joanne Morreale and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2002-12-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first anthology that examines the TV sitcom in terms of its treatment of gender, family, class, race, and ethnic issues. The selections range from early shows such as I Remember Mama (George Lipsitz’s “Why Remember Mama? The Changing Face of a Woman’s Narrative”) to the more recent Roseanne (Kathleen Rowe Karlyn’s “Roseanne: Unruly Woman as a Domestic Goddess”). The volume also looks unflinchingly at major controversies; for example, the NAACP boycott of the stereotypical yet wildly popular Amos ‘n’ Andy and the queer reading of Laverne and Shirley. These diverse essays constitute a veritable history of postwar American mores. Some are classic, some forgotten, but all indicate the importance of considering text and subtext (social, historic, industrial) in the critical study of television. A final chapter by Joanne Morreale bids sitcoms adieu with the “cultural spectacle of Seinfeld’s last episode.”
Author : Joel Zwick
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476665567
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Directing the Sitcom written by Joel Zwick and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guided tour of the American situation comedy is given by one of the most prolific directors of the genre. Brooklyn native Joel Zwick began his career in the late 1960s at La MaMa, a New York experimental theater club, before moving to Hollywood to become a successful director during the sitcom's golden age. He describes the 10 steps of sitcom production and outlines the five-day process, from the early "table read" to the final shoot in front of a live audience. Behind-the-scenes anecdotes include personal and professional experiences with actors Tom Hanks, Penny Marshall, Robin Williams, Jamie Foxx, the cast of Full House and many more.
Author : Evan S. Smith
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101151625
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Writing Television Sitcoms (revised) written by Evan S. Smith and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of Writing Television Sitcoms features the essential information every would-be teleplay writer needs to know to break into the business, including: - Updated examples from contemporary shows such as 30 Rock, The Office and South Park - Shifts in how modern stories are structured - How to recognize changes in taste and censorship - The reality of reality television - How the Internet has created series development opportunities - A refined strategy for approaching agents and managers - How pitches and e-queries work - or don't - The importance of screenwriting competitions
Author : John Vorhaus
Publisher : Bafflegab Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book the little book of SITCOM written by John Vorhaus and published by Bafflegab Books. This book was released on 2012-05-25 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing situation comedies isn’t really that hard. So much of what you need to know is already defined for you. You know that your script needs to be a certain short length, with a certain small number of characters. You know that your choice of scenes is limited to your show’s standing sets and maybe one or two swing sets or outside locations. You know how your characters behave and how they’re funny, either because you invented them or because you’re writing for a show where these things are already well established. Sitcom is easy and sitcom is fun. Sitcom is the gateway drug to longer forms of writing. It’s a pretty good buzz and a pretty good ride, a great way to kill an afternoon, or even six months. And now, thanks to comedy writing guru John Vorhaus (author of THE COMIC TOOLBOX: HOW TO BE FUNNY EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT), writing situation comedy is easier than ever. In THE LITTLE BOOK OF SITCOM, you'll find a whole trove of tools, tricks and problem-solving techniques that you can use -- now, today -- to be the sitcom writer of your wildest dreams. Ready to write? Ready to have fun? THE LITTLE BOOK OF SITCOM is the big little book for you.
Author : Mary M. Dalton
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791465707
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (657 download)
Download or read book The Sitcom Reader written by Mary M. Dalton and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2005-10-06 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a variety of perspectives on the sitcom genre and its influence on American culture.
Author : Simone Knox
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030254291
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Friends written by Simone Knox and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a long overdue, extensive study of one of the most beloved television shows: Friends. Why has this sitcom become the seminal success that it is? And how does it continue to engage viewers around the world a quarter century after its first broadcast? Featuring original interviews with key creative personnel (including co-creator Marta Kauffman and executive producer Kevin S. Bright), the book provides answers by identifying a strategy of intimacy that informs Friends’ use of humour, performance, style and set design. The authors provide fascinating analyses of some of the most well-remembered scenes—the one where Ross can’t get his leather pants back on, and Ross and Rachel’s break-up, to name just a couple—and reflect on how and why A-list guest performances sometimes fell short of the standards set by the ensemble cast. Also considered are the iconic look of Monica’s apartment as well as the programme’s much discussed politics of representation and the critical backlash it has received in recent years. An exploration of Joey, the infamous spin-off, and several attempts to adapt Friends’ successful formula across the globe, round out the discussion, with insights into mistranslated jokes and much more. For students, scholars, creative industry practitioners and fans alike, this is a compelling read that lets us glimpse behind the scenes of what has become a cultural phenomenon and semi-permanent fixture in many of our homes.
Author : Saul Austerlitz
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613743874
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (137 download)
Download or read book Sitcom written by Saul Austerlitz and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The form is so elemental, so basic, that we have difficulty imagining a time before it existed: a single set, fixed cameras, canned laughter, zany sidekicks, quirky family antics. Obsessively watched and critically ignored, sitcoms were a distraction, a gentle lullaby of a kinder, gentler America—until suddenly the artificial boundary between the world and television entertainment collapsed. In this book we can watch the growth of the sitcom, following the path that leads from Lucy to The Phil Silvers Show; from The Dick Van Dyke Show to The Mary Tyler Moore Show; from M*A*S*H to Taxi; from Cheers to Roseanne; from Seinfeld to Curb Your Enthusiasm; and from The Larry Sanders Show to 30 Rock. Each sitcom episode is a self-enclosed world, a brief overturning of the established order of its universe before returning to the precise spot from which it had begun. In twenty-four episodes, Sitcom surveys the history of the form, and functions as both a TV mixtape of fondly remembered shows that will guide us to notable series and larger trends, and a carefully curated guided tour through the history of one of our most treasured art forms. Saul Austerlitz is the author of Another Fine Mess: A History of the American Film Comedy, named by Booklist as one of the ten best arts books of 2010, and Money for Nothing: A History of the Music Video from the Beatles to the White Stripes. His work has been published in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Slate, and elsewhere.
Author : Joel Zwick
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476625174
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Directing the Sitcom written by Joel Zwick and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-09-18 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guided tour of the American situation comedy is given by one of the most prolific directors of the genre. Brooklyn native Joel Zwick began his career in the late 1960s at La MaMa, a New York experimental theater club, before moving to Hollywood to become a successful director during the sitcom's golden age. He describes the 10 steps of sitcom production and outlines the five-day process, from the early "table read" to the final shoot in front of a live audience. Behind-the-scenes anecdotes include personal and professional experiences with actors Tom Hanks, Penny Marshall, Robin Williams, Jamie Foxx, the cast of Full House and many more.
Author : Mary M. Dalton
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438461321
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Download or read book The Sitcom Reader, Second Edition written by Mary M. Dalton and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2016-05-12 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated version of an engaging overview of the television situation comedy. This updated and expanded anthology offers an engaging overview of one of the oldest and most ubiquitous forms of television programming: the sitcom. Through an analysis of formulaic conventions, the contributors address critical identities such as race, gender, and sexuality, and overarching structures such as class and family. Organized by decade, chapters explore postwar domestic ideology and working-class masculinity in the 1950s, the competing messages of power and subordination in 1960s magicoms, liberated women and gender in 1970s workplace comedies and 1980s domestic comedies, liberal feminism in the 1990s, heteronormative narrative strategies in the 2000s, and unmasking myths of gender in the 2010s. From I Love Lucy and The Honeymooners to Roseanne, Cybill, and Will & Grace to Transparent and many others in between, The Sitcom Reader provides a comprehensive examination of this popular genre that will help readers think about the shows and themselves in new contexts. For access to an online resource created by Mary Dalton, which includes interviews with contributors and course lectures, visit: The Sitcom Reader: A Companion Website @ https://build.zsr.wfu.edu/sitcomreader Mary M. Dalton is Professor of Communication and Film Studies at Wake Forest University and author of The Hollywood Curriculum: Teachers in the Movies, Second Revised Edition. Laura R. Linder, a retired Associate Professor of Media Studies, is the author of Public Access Television: America’s Electronic Soapbox. Together they coauthored Teacher TV: Sixty Years of Teachers on Television.
Author : Brett Mills
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Television Sitcom written by Brett Mills and published by . This book was released on 2005-11-17 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its global reach, longstanding popularity, and immense profitability, sitcom has been repeatedly neglected in theoretical work on television and media. This book demonstrates that this lack needs to be sorely addressed, by dragging analysis of sitcom up to date, with a wealth of contemporary examples, a range of new approaches to the genre, and examination of the roles sitcom and comedy play within society. The book takes as its starting point the variety of ways in which sitcom has traditionally been explored. A chapter on genre examines the history and development of sitcom, and the institutional structures which produce it. There is also analysis of differences between sitcoms produced in a range of countries, and what happens when a programme gets sold abroad and remade. A chapter on representation explores the debates about the ways in which sitcom chooses who to make jokes about and why, and whether this matters. And a chapter on performance argues that this is a vital, and underexplored, aspect of sitcom's funniness, and interrogates the ways in which comic actors make their performance funny. With specific case studies on Will and Grace, The Office, and The Cosby Show, as well as analysis of a broad range of contemporary and historical examples throughout, this book will be of interest to students of sitcom and comedy, as well as those of television and popular culture.
Author : Tison Pugh
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813591759
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)
Download or read book The Queer Fantasies of the American Family Sitcom written by Tison Pugh and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Queer Fantasies of the American Family Sitcom examines the evasive depictions of sexuality in domestic and family-friendly sitcoms. Tison Pugh charts the history of increasing sexual depiction in this genre while also unpacking how sitcoms use sexuality as a source of power, as a kind of camouflage, and as a foundation for family building. The book examines how queerness, at first latent, became a vibrant yet continually conflicted part of the family-sitcom tradition. Taking into account elements such as the casting of child actors, the use of and experimentation with plot traditions, the contradictory interpretive valences of comedy, and the subtle subversions of moral standards by writers and directors, Pugh points out how innocence and sexuality conflict on television. As older sitcoms often sit on a pedestal of nostalgia as representative of the Golden Age of the American Family, television history reveals a deeper, queerer vision of family bonds.
Author : Mark Bennett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book How to Live a Sitcom Life written by Mark Bennett and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A laugh-a-minute guidebook to achieving the ideal lifestyle -- using classic television personalities as role models.
Author : Diana Friedman
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sitcom Style written by Diana Friedman and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2005 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Archie Bunker's Barcalounger to the framed peephole on Friends,a sitcom's decor sets the tone of the nation's favourite shows - and defines the lives of its characters. Sitcom Style brings readers a behind-the-scenes peek inside more than two dozen of the most recognisable TV homes and offers readers design tips for their own homes.
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Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3389006230
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Representations of Gender and Swearing in the Sitcom "How I Met Your Mother". An Analysis of Lily and Robin written by and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2024-04-03 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, , language: English, abstract: This paper will explore the thesis that the female characters of the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" challenge the dominant ideologies of gender which imply women’s natural subordination to men by means of swearing and conversational humour. To begin with, swearing is going to be defined and different types of swearing will be characterized. Afterwards, the interpersonal functions of swearing will be explained which are closely related to the domain of humour. Thus, the relation of swearing and conversational humour will be investegated as well as the interpersonal functions of humour. Next, the focus is going to shift to gender differences of swearing and conversational humour. In the chapters that follow, an in-depth analysis of gender and swearing in "How I Met Your Mother" will be provided. First, this paper is going to give a short outline of the sitcom and explains the choice of data and methods. Next, the focus is on the character Lily Aldrin in terms of her social role as a caring wife and kindergarten teacher by examining her use of swear words. Finally, the paper analyzes the character Robin Scherbatsky who struggles to find her identity by trying to combine her work life as a journalist with her love life. Accordingly, her dissatisfaction becomes particularly evident in her usage of swear words which challenges dominant ideologies of gender. Inequality between the sexes has been deeply embedded in most cultures and societies, where women firmly belonged to the domestic sphere and had to perform their duties as housewives and mothers. This social division based on gender still emerges in today’s societies and is both reflected and created in patterns of language use. Feminists argue that women are expected to avoid expressions of strong feelings, directness, unmitigated statements and swearing in order to be accepted in society. Furthermore, the asymmetrical application of terms of address for women and men even creates and sustains societal inequality. However, in the past century a major shift in perspective and a change of women’s role in society took place. Feminist movements arose which fought for women’s independence and paved the way towards gender equality. Permeable gender identities have been created which challenged dominant ideologies of women’s speech. Especially humour in sitcoms repeatedly refers to the same stereotypes which serves to disrupt the idea of gender-appropriate behaviour through, for example, swearing.
