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    Enter the Schlemiel: The Emergence of Inadequate or Incompetent Masculinities in Recent Film and Television

    Enter the Schlemiel: The Emergence of Inadequate or Incompetent Masculinities in Recent Film and Television by Buchbinder, David

    Published 2008
    “…The figure of the schlemiel, however, may also be seen rather as representing the more general incompetent or inadequate masculinity that has become increasingly central to much film and television comedy —for example, much of the oeuvre of Ben Stiller, Napoleon Dynamite and American Pie, among the films, and, in television comedy, Everybody Loves Raymond and Kath and Kim. …”
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    ‘It’s not that I’m afraid to die…’,

    ‘It’s not that I’m afraid to die…’, by Messham-Muir, Kit

    Published 2017
    “…'I don't want to be there when it happens' shares its title with one of the exhibition's central works by Adeela Suleman, which in turn borrows a line from Woody Allen's 1975 play Death: A Comedy in One Act. …”
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    The wedding song in Greek literature and culture

    The wedding song in Greek literature and culture by Badnall, Toni Patricia

    Published 2009
    “…In contrast, the wedding songs of Attic comedy represent a 'happy ever after' ending for the communities of the protagonists, and portray these unions as a Sacred Marriage of man and goddess. …”
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    Making do on not much: High energy striving, femininity and friendship in broad city

    Making do on not much: High energy striving, femininity and friendship in broad city by Kanai, A., Dobson, Amy

    Published 2019
    “…This article considers the US comedy Broad City as an articulation of how young women are critically grappling with such shifts in gendered social relations and labour markets in the cosmopolitan setting of New York City. …”
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