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‘Mormon reactions to The Book of Mormon’ “摩门教徒对《摩门经》的反应”

Comedy Studies Pub Date : 2021-03-23 DOI: 10.1080/2040610X.2021.1893469

A. Hale

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Belittling Ern: the changing performance dynamic of Morecambe and Wise 贬低Ern：莫和怀斯不断变化的表演动态

Comedy Studies Pub Date : 2021-03-16 DOI: 10.1080/2040610X.2021.1893468

Richard Hewett

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Welcome to issue 12.1 欢迎阅读第12.1期

Comedy Studies Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/2040610x.2020.1850097

I. Wilkie

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Period Sex: Mediated Unruliness in Rachel Bloom’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend 经期性:瑞秋·布鲁姆疯狂前女友的任性

Comedy Studies Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/2040610X.2020.1850103

Hannah Meyer

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Benign violations in the suburban ensemble dramedy 郊区合奏剧中的善意侵犯

Comedy Studies Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/2040610X.2020.1850100

Wyatt Moss-Wellington

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Short interviews 简短访谈

Comedy Studies Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/2040610x.2020.1850099

I. Wilkie

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Postmodern laughter as an anti-foundational agent 后现代笑作为一种反基础的媒介

Comedy Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-14 DOI: 10.1080/2040610X.2020.1850106

R. Rafique

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Waves of laughter: comic surfing on Bergson’s mechanical inelasticity 笑声的浪潮:柏格森力学非弹性的喜剧冲浪

Comedy Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-11 DOI: 10.1080/2040610X.2020.1850107

I. Wilkie, Natalie Diddams

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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as an alternative history of stand-up 《了不起的麦瑟尔夫人》作为另一部单口相声史

Comedy Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-07 DOI: 10.1080/2040610x.2020.1850104

Debra Aarons, Marc Mierowsky

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Is It Funny if No One is Watching? Public Response to Late-Night Political Satire 如果没人看会很有趣吗?公众对深夜政治讽刺的反应

Comedy Studies Pub Date : 2020-11-30 DOI: 10.1080/2040610X.2020.1850101

Jody C. Baumgartner

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