Humor as a social criticism. Comedy films and TV shows about Hitler -- Contesting the Nazis and their system of terror through humor -- Memory, trauma, and comedy -- Humor as a social criticism.
Summary:
"Haunted Laughter is a comprehensive study of film productions that have used comedy to represent Adolf Hitler, the Third Reich, and the Holocaust. Author Jonathan Friedman proposes a model and a set of criteria to evaluate the effective use of comedy as a means of representation"-- Provided by publisher.
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