Search Results - comedy of manners

Kala Malam Bulan Mengambang - 'Noir' parody with a satirical edge? / Norman Yusoff by Yusoff, Norman

“…As a satire, the film is comedy with an edge, with its target being social and political in some way. …”
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The pattern and translation of Chinese address terms in contemporary film Happiness Around the Corner by Chunli, Yu, Mansor, Nor Shahila, Ang, Lay Hoon, Sharmini, Sharon

“…The data for this study were collected from a Chinese comedy film Happiness Around the Corner screened in 2018 with a length of 91.34 minutes. …”
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Manipulation of extrinsic and intrinsic language styles in the scripts Menunggu Lampu Hijau and My Honey by Othman, Shamsudin, Abdullah, Nur Afifah Vanitha

“…Meanwhile the intrinsic factor is that, the playwright has manipulated and aligned his language to suit the comedy genre that underlies the scripts. Besides metaphor, he has applied syncope and foreign language to triger humor and convey adult content in a very polite manner. …”
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Japanese anthropologists and Malaysian society. Contributions to Malaysian ethnography by Shamsul A. B., Tomiyuki Uesugi

“…Tawada’s description of a marriage ceremony that went slightly off the normal course is spiced up with an episode of ritual comedy, but it also shows how Islam as a universal religion is seen in the local context, acted upon and interpreted to suit prevailing social, cultural and political situation. …”
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Disability, Obesity and Ageing: Popular Media Identifications by Rodan, D., Ellis, Katie, Lebeck, P.

“…Examining the symbolic power of the media, this book presents case studies from drama, situation comedies, reality and documentary television programmes popular in the UK, USA and Australia to shed light on the representation of disability, obesity and ageing, and the manner in which their status as unwanted and unwelcome identities is perpetuated. …”
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