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Deathtraps: The Postmodern Comedy Thriller Book

Shows the comedy thriller to be a singularly postmodern form. This work examines the elements of the thriller - openings, settings, characters, plot lines, the role of...Read More

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    "This is an extremely intelligent, interesting, and well written book." -- Murder Is Academic

    "... compelling analysis of the comedy thriller... " -- Theatre Studies

    "... almost as much fun to read as is seeing the actual plays discussed... " -- Journal of Popular Culture

    The phenomenal success of such plays as Deathtrap and Sleuth heralded the advent of a new form of detective play -- the comedy thriller. Carlson takes the wraps off the comedy thriller and reveals its postmodern effects. He looks at all the elements of the thriller -- openings, settings, characters, plot lines, the role of the audience, and endings -- and shows how they work to overturn the conventions of realism in detective drama.

  • 0253208262
  • 9780253208262
  • Marvin Carlson
  • 1 June 1993
  • Indiana University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 224
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