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Article: High Comedy in American Movies: Class and Humor From the 1920s to the Present.(Movie review)
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- December 22, 2005
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High Comedy in American Movies: Class and Humor From the 1920s to the Present by Steve Vineberg. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005. 207 pp., illus. Hardcover: $65.00 and Paperback: $22.95.
Comedy is not an equal opportunity genre. Comedy may delight in the bumblings of dimwitted underlings and relish the scheming of crafty servants, but it generally reserves its favors for the quick-witted, good-looking and high-spirited--in other words, those already graced by fortune. Troubles and misunderstandings will come, indeed should come, to test the character and depth of feeling of the comic hero and heroine, but there is never any real doubt that social and ...