Affairs to Remember: The Hollywood Comedy of the Sexes
Bruce Babington
310 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0719022916
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Language: English
Publish: 662716800000
An analysis of the great Hollywood classic comedy genre from “Bringing up Baby” in the 1930s right up to Dustin Hoffman’s “Tootsie”, this book also looks at the work of Bob Hope, Mae West and Woody Allen in order to discover the social and sexual dynamics of film comedy. Babington and Evans have also co-authored “Blue Skies and Silver Linings”. The book is intended for students of film studies and enthusiasts of American popular culture.