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The Language of Comedy - for iPod/iPhone The Open University
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How do we use language in comedy? What is the social importance of comedy? What are the techniques used with language to create different types of humour? This series looks at how entertainers manipulate language to generate humour, and what this reveals about the nature of comedy and its function in society.
Featuring Henning Wehn, on cross cultural humour, Isy Suttie, on crafting a joke and Graham Fellows on creating his character John Shuttleworth.
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Creating a character with Graham Fellows
In what ways do comedians exploit regional variety in the creation of comedy?
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Transcript -- Creating a character with Graham Fellows
In what ways do comedians exploit regional variety in the creation of comedy?
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Social Class with Charlie Higson
How is social class used as a topic for comedy, and what part do social dialects play in the generation of humour?
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Transcript -- Social Class with Charlie Higson
How is social class used as a topic for comedy, and what part do social dialects play in the generation of humour?
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Innuendo with David McGilivray
How comedians exploit the ambiguities of language in the production of innuendo and similar forms of language play.
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Transcript -- Innuendo with David McGilivray
How comedians exploit the ambiguities of language in the production of innuendo and similar forms of language play.
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