The Nihilist Masquerade, or “Contempt-edy” Not Comedy
Were Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy to return to life and revisit the cities and towns of the United States they once toured, they might have sighed,…
The Coen Brothers and the Comedy of Democracy
FADE IN: INT. HOUSE. EVENING. Mother (47) walks down a dimly lit set of stairs into a smoke-filled basement. A circle of candles cast light on a…
Review of The Coen Brothers and the Comedy of Democracy
The Coen Brothers and The Comedy of Democracy. Sara MacDonald and Barry Craig. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2018. This is both a thoughtful book and a…
The Comic Virus
Comedy and the Public Sphere: The Rebirth of Theatre as Comedy and the Genealogy of the Modern Public Arena. Arpad Szakolczai. New York: Routledge, 2013. Comedians play…
