Subversive Laughter: The Liberating Power of Comedy
Language: English
Published by Free Press, 1994
- Hardcover
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- Title
- Subversive Laughter: The Liberating Power of Comedy
- Author
- Ron Jenkins
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Publication year
- 1994
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0029164052
- ISBN 13
- 9780029164051
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A.J. Anderson, GSLIS, Simmons Coll., Boston
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Writer, director, and clown--a graduate of the Ringling Brothers College for Clowns, no less--Jenkins contends that comedy can do more than amuse and divert. In the right hands, it can be a powerful force for freedom. Drawing from his own extensive professional experience--Jenkins has worked with Italian farceur Dario Fo and the sacred clowns of Bali--Jenkins crafts seven essays examining the myriad uses of comedy throughout the world to liberate people politically and psychologically from oppressive conditions; in Japan, for instance, the popular, cross-dressing taishu engeki provide an important societal release by mocking rigid, conformist Japanese culture. Based on articles originally published in newspapers and magazines, these writings often feel more like padded-out features than tight little essays, but even the most digressive pieces are interesting, and the strongest stuff--most notably Jenkins' searing study of American comedy and the way the mass media defangs our most biting comic wits--is intelligent and fascinating. Jack Helbig
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