Contemporary Comedy: Stand-up, Sketch and Improv

DRAMA 256

This class looks at contemporary American comedy, primarily in the form of the jokes, sets, personae, and oral history of American comedy from roughly 1950 to today. It views comedy through select historical context. Pioneering artists with vaudeville roots are introduced, the stand-up boom of the 1980s is presented as a shaping force in today's comedy business, and technological and economic shifts that exerted formative influence on the art form are examined.
Course Attributes: EN H; BU Hum; AS HUM

Section 01

Contemporary Comedy: Stand-up, Sketch and Improv
INSTRUCTOR: Camp
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