Continuum | ISBN:1441162933 | File Type: PDF, 272 pages | File size: 40.Mb | Jul. 5th, 2012
Media Studies: A Comprehensive Guide to the Comedic Event If you re looking for a book that will teach you how to write comedy we suggest you keep moving You still have time to pick up a copy of Writing Big Yucks for Big Bucks before the store closes However if you want to understand the bigger picture what is comedy why do we respond to it the way we do then you ve come to the right place What Are You Laughing At presents an entirely new approach to comedy theory It challenges long held beliefs and shows how the three main theories of comedy incongruity superiority and relief are not in conflict but rather work as parts of a larger model There are many examples pled from the author s own experiences writing for shows such as Cheers Frasier and Modern Family By the end you ll have an understanding of just what happens when man meets comedy It will change the way you hear laughter
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