This history course comes with a laugh track! Analyze significant periods and players in the 20th and 21st in their historic context and with an eye to their legacy of using humor as the platform. Discuss how comedy was shaped by and responsive to American society. Consider how comedians influenced and shaped American life. You cover silent films, vaudeville, radio, screwball and romantic comedy, comedy teams and the Golden Age of Television. Study how America laughed in each generation, and how the change in American character and persona shaped how they laughed and what (and whom) they laughed at. Click here for a promo video.
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