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Saturday Night Live, Hollywood Comedy, and American Culture: From Chevy Chase to Tina Fey
Jim Whalley
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Description for Saturday Night Live, Hollywood Comedy, and American Culture: From Chevy Chase to Tina Fey
Hardcover. This book addresses how Saturday Night Live's confrontational, boundary-pushing approach spilled over into film production, contributing to some of the biggest hits in Hollywood history. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Saturday Night Live, Hollywood Comedy, and American Culture sheds new light on the ways in which Saturday Night Live s confrontational, boundary-pushing approach spilled over into film production, contributing to some of the biggest hits in Hollywood history, such as National Lampoon s Animal House, Ghostbusters, and Beverly Hills Cop. Jim Whalley also considers how SNL has adapted to meet the needs of subsequent generations, launching the film careers of Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell and others in the process. Supported by extensive archival research, some of Hollywood s most popular comedians are placed into the contexts of film ... Read more
Saturday Night Live, Hollywood Comedy, and American Culture sheds new light on the ways in which Saturday Night Live s confrontational, boundary-pushing approach spilled over into film production, contributing to some of the biggest hits in Hollywood history, such as National Lampoon s Animal House, Ghostbusters, and Beverly Hills Cop. Jim Whalley also considers how SNL has adapted to meet the needs of subsequent generations, launching the film careers of Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell and others in the process. Supported by extensive archival research, some of Hollywood s most popular comedians are placed into the contexts of film ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230103580
SKU
V9780230103580
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About Jim Whalley
JIM WHALLEY has taught Film Studies at the University of Salford, Liverpool John Moores University, UK, and the University of East Anglia.
Reviews for Saturday Night Live, Hollywood Comedy, and American Culture: From Chevy Chase to Tina Fey
"This book presents an important study of the historical development of Saturday Night Live and its place in contemporary American cinema and television.It reinvigorates the area of comedian comedy by revisiting existing accounts as well as offering us fresh perspectives on film and television comedy." - Philip Drake, University of Stirling "In this stimulating and agenda-setting book, ... Read more