Short and sweet? Structuring Humor and Morality in American Sitcoms
Seinfeld (NBC, 1989-1998), perhaps the most popular sitcom of recent years, famously insisted it was a show about nothing, about the pettiest details of everyday life. Though Seinfeld remains most outspoken about its obsession with trivia, the series in fact simply exaggerated one of the founding pr...
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| Main Author: | Shannon Wells-Lassagne |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2015-11-01
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| Series: | Angles |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/angles/2096 |
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