Greenwood Publishing Group

American Dark Comedy: Beyond Satire
Gehring, Wes D.
From Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush to Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, Gehring presents a compelling theory of the black comedy film genre. Placing the movies he discusses in a historical and literary context, Gehring explores the genre's obession with death and the characters' failure to be shocked by it. Movies discussed include: Slaughterhouse Five, Catch-22, Clockwork Orange, Harold and Maude, Heathers, and Natural Born Killers.
 
DOI: 10.1336/0313261849
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American Dark Comedy: Beyond Satire
Series: Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture
Hardback, 224 pages, $119.95
Copyright ©1996, Greenwood Press
ISBN: 0-313-26184-9
DOI: 10.1336/0313261849
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