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Readings:

• Tom Gunning, “Crazy Machines in the Garden of Forking Paths,” Classical Hollywood Comedy, ed. Karnick and Jenkins (Los Angeles: AFI/Routledge, 1995), 87-105, 360-363.
• Donald Crafton, “Pie and Chase: Gag, Spectacle and Narrative in Slapstick Comedy” and Tom Gunning, “Response to ‘Pie and Chase,’” Classical Hollywood Comedy, ed. Karnick and Jenkins (Los Angeles: AFI/Routledge, 1995), 106-122, 363-365.
• Henry Jenkins, “YouTube and the Vaudeville Aesthetic,” HenryJenkins.org (20 November 2006): henryjenkins.org/2006/11/youtube_and_the_vaudeville_ aes.html.

Sunday January 31, 2021 Belle Pulver

Crafton on the World of YouTube Pranks

Friday January 29, 2021 Caterina Casalme

The Anthology Television Series as Vaudeville

Monday January 25, 2021Monday January 25, 2021 Danaja Kurnik

Establishing a Narrative Beyond an Interplay Between Disruption and Containment

Monday January 25, 2021Monday January 25, 2021 Iona Wright

The Vaudeville aesthetic and the Compilation video

Monday January 25, 2021 Ethan Bowden

Response to Gunning’s ideas of Gags and Narrative and it’s subversion in It’s Spagett! – Ethan Bowden

Monday January 25, 2021Monday January 25, 2021 Robert Miller

There’s Something About Gunning

Monday January 25, 2021Monday January 25, 2021 Rebecca Jonas

Gus Johnson, Gunning and subversion of the rascal/victim dynamic – Rebecca Jonas

Monday January 25, 2021 Craig Thornton

Craig Thornton – If You Are Going To Tie Me Up At Least Use A Mischief Gag

Monday January 25, 2021Tuesday January 26, 2021 Rebeka Kurnik

Awareness of the ridiculous: Subversion of Gunning’s Pranks

Monday January 25, 2021 Hayley Milne

The narrative form and the sitcom – Hayley Milne

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