Issue 30
Vanishing Points

What Ever Happened to New American Comedy?

Fernando Villaverde Suanzes
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Bio

Published 2020-07-31

Keywords

  • Documentary,
  • Gag,
  • Improvisation,
  • Judd Apatow,
  • Editing,
  • New American Comedy,
  • Stand-up Comedy
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Abstract

This article focuses in the New American Comedy. The text will try to establish the beginning and the end of the movement. It will compare the different patterns in the New American Comedy with the purpose of identify the main characteristics of the movement –that may distinguish it of other styles in comedy.

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Lerman, G. (2008). Entrevista a Judd Apatow. <em>Dirigido por, 384</em>, 72-74.<br>
Losilla, C. (2010). Historia de una deriva. En J. Costa (ed.), <em>Un risa nueva. Posthumor, parodias y otras mutaciones de la comedia</em> (pp. 103-112). Murcia: Nausícaä.<br>
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