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Stand-up comedy in theory, or, Abjection in America / John Limon

By: Limon, JohnContributor(s): Limon, JohnMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: :Donated by Ivan Paul VergheseSeries: New AmericanistsPublication details: London Duke University Press, 2000Description: 152 pages ; 24 cmISBN: 9780822325468Subject(s): Sports, games & entertainment | Stage presentations | Stand-up comedy | Komieken | USADDC classification: 792.7 LIM

Contents:

Inrage: a Lenny Bruce joke and the topography of stand-up -- Nectarines: Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks -- Analytic of the ridiculous: Mike Nichols and Elaine May -- Journey to the end of the night: David Letterman with Kristeva, Céline, Scorsese -- Scatology: Richard Pryor in concert -- Skirting, kidding: Ellen DeGeneres and Paula Poundstone.

Summary: This cultural theory of stand-up comedy analyses the specific practice of stand-up itself, moving beyond theories of the joke, of the comic, and of comedy in general to read stand-up through the lens of literary and cultural theory.

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Inrage: a Lenny Bruce joke and the topography of stand-up --
Nectarines: Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks --
Analytic of the ridiculous: Mike Nichols and Elaine May --
Journey to the end of the night: David Letterman with Kristeva, Céline, Scorsese --
Scatology: Richard Pryor in concert --
Skirting, kidding: Ellen DeGeneres and Paula Poundstone.

This cultural theory of stand-up comedy analyses the specific practice of stand-up itself, moving beyond theories of the joke, of the comic, and of comedy in general to read stand-up through the lens of literary and cultural theory.

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