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Comedy and cultural value
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From bad taste to gross-out
John Mundy
and
Glyn White

, unlike Krämer, we use gross profit figures, not figures adjusted for inflation. The top five box-office hits included in the top twenty of the New Hollywood period are as in the table below. What do these successes share? Comic parody of ‘serious’ genres is apparent in Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein and M*A*S*H. The Graduate and American Graffiti focus on teen heroes

Type:
Chapter
in Laughing matters
Online Publication Date:
03 Oct 2017
ISBN:
9781526130525
Subjects:
Art, Architecture and Visual Culture
Comedy and genre boundaries
Abstract only
John Mundy
and
Glyn White

films. Genres parodied include science fiction (Flesh Gordon 1974; Mars Attacks! 1996), horror (Young Frankenstein 1974; Scary Movie 2000; Shaun of the Dead 2004), action films (Airplane! 1980; Hot Shots! 1991; Tropic Thunder 2008), crime (Murder by Death 1973; Loaded Weapon 1 1993; Hot Fuzz 2007) and spy films (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997; Johnny English

Type:
Chapter
in Laughing matters
Online Publication Date:
03 Oct 2017
ISBN:
9781526130525
Subjects:
Art, Architecture and Visual Culture