A Companion to Film Comedy

Edited by Andrew Horton and Joanna E. Rapf

My chapter “Dark Comedy from Dr. Strangelove to the Dude” was published in this volume, a wide-ranging survey of the subject that celebrates the variety and complexity of film comedy from the ‘silent’ days to the present. Essays explore sub-genres, performers, and cultural perspectives such as gender, politics, and history in addition to individual works. Engages with different strands of comedy including slapstick, romantic, satirical and ironic. This authoritative guide offers an international perspective on the popular genre that explores all facets of its formative social, cultural and political context.