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Beschreibung
A hit television show about a fictitious rock band, The Monkees (1966-1968) earned two Emmys--Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy.
Capitalizing on the show's success, the actual band formed by the actors, at their peak, sold more albums than The Beatles and The Rolling Stones combined, and set the stage for other musical TV characters from The Partridge Family to Hannah Montana. In the late 1980s, the Monkees began a series of reunion tours that continued into their 50th anniversary.
This book tells the story of The Monkees and how the show changed television, introducing a new generation to the fourth-wall-breaking slapstick created by Laurel and Hardy and the Marx Brothers.
Its creators contributed to the innovative film and television of 1970s with projects like Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Laugh-In and Welcome Back, Kotter. Immense profits from the show, its music and its merchandising funded the producers' move into films such as Head, Easy Rider and Five Easy Pieces.
A hit television show about a fictitious rock band, The Monkees (1966-1968) earned two Emmys--Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy.
Capitalizing on the show's success, the actual band formed by the actors, at their peak, sold more albums than The Beatles and The Rolling Stones combined, and set the stage for other musical TV characters from The Partridge Family to Hannah Montana. In the late 1980s, the Monkees began a series of reunion tours that continued into their 50th anniversary.
This book tells the story of The Monkees and how the show changed television, introducing a new generation to the fourth-wall-breaking slapstick created by Laurel and Hardy and the Marx Brothers.
Its creators contributed to the innovative film and television of 1970s with projects like Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Laugh-In and Welcome Back, Kotter. Immense profits from the show, its music and its merchandising funded the producers' move into films such as Head, Easy Rider and Five Easy Pieces.
Über den Autor
Rosanne Welch teaches the history of screenwriting and one-hour drama for the Stephens College MFA in Screenwriting. As a television writer/producer, her credits include Beverly Hills 90210, Picket Fences and Touched by an Angel. The book reviews editor for Journal of Screenwriting, she lives in Los Angeles.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents

Preface: I'm (Still) a Believer

Introduction: Here Come The Monkees

One. Sweet Young Thing: Contextualizing The Monkees with a Short History of Teenagers on Television

Two. Look Out, Here Comes Tomorrow: Counterculture Comes to Television and Middle America

Three. Words: Who Wrote the Episodes and What Was That Something They Had to Say?

Four. The Kind of Girl I Could Love: Feminism, Gender and Sexuality

Five. Early Morning Blues and Greens: An Ethnic Studies Look at Minority Representation

Six. We Were Made for Each Other: The Menagerie of Metatextuality

Seven. We Were Made for Each Other, the Sequel: Television Aesthetic Technique

Eight. Theme(s) from The Monkees: Narrative Structure and Themes

Nine. A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You: Identity Construction and Confusion

Ten. What Am I Doing Hangin' Round? The Cultural Cachet of The Monkees

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index
Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Theater & Film
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780786479238
ISBN-10: 078647923X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Welch, Rosanne
Hersteller: McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 10 mm
Von/Mit: Rosanne Welch
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.06.2016
Gewicht: 0,273 kg
Artikel-ID: 126071009