This thesis argues that textual and historical analysis of The Carol Burnett Show reveals that the program utilized slapstick, women's comedy and feminist humor to create comedic parodies of television commercials, melodramas and women's films, and soap operas. Their television commercial parodies reflect Second Wave feminist critiques of media advertising contemporary with the program. Comparison of the work of early feminist film theorists and media critics to the program's parodies of film and soap opera reveal an interest in texts that address a female audience and that The Carol Burnett Show was making similar critiques to feminist media scholars in the years before it became a field of inquiry.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1538695 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Hoover, Jessica |
| Contributors | Benshoff, Harry M., Pomerleau, Clark A., Porst, Jennifer |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | v, 123 pages, Text |
| Rights | Public, Hoover, Jessica, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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