Book of Donmon Teith

This book analyzes the evolution of film and television comedy from the 1930s through the present, defining five distinct periods and discussing the dominant co

Rejecting the notion that the 1950s was a bleak, conformist decade in the US, this study argues that the era's film comedies reflect the period's underappreciat

The Simpsons are not only the world's most famous TV family; they are also the protagonists of one of the longest-lasting animation programs in US television. O

The image of a heavily pregnant woman, once considered ugly and indecent, is now common to Hollywood film. No longer is pregnancy a repulsive of shameful condit