Theatre of the Ridiculous by Marranca, Bonnie (Editor); Dasgupta, Gautam (Editor); - 1997

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Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. xviii, 188 pages, [17] pages of plates, illustrations; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. "What is Ridiculous? Here's one way to describe it: an anarchic undermining of political, sexual, psychological, and cultural categories, frequently in dramatic structures that parody classical literary forms or re-function American popular entertainments, and always allude to themselves as 'performances.' . . . It is comedy beyond the absurd because it is less intellectual, more earthy, primal, liberated. Not tragi-comedy but metaphysical burlesque, the Ridiculous offers a new version of the 'clown.' Its dependency on the icons, artifacts, and entertainments of mass culture in America -- the 'stars,' old movies, popular songs, television, and advertising -- make the Ridiculous a truly indigenous American approach to making theatre." -- Bonnie Marranca, from Theatre of the Ridiculous. As a theatrical form, the 'ridiculous'… Read More

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1998. Trade Paperback. Fine.

Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1998. Trade Paperback. Fine.

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