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Title: Monty Python's Flying Circus
Author: Marcia Landy
Narrator: Robert J. Eckrich
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-30-13
Publisher: University Press Audiobooks
Genres: Arts & Entertainment, TV & Film
Summary:
One of the most innovative comedic programs to air on television, Monty Pythons Flying Circus was a mix of the carnivalesque and the critical. The show has become famous for eschewing many of the conventions of situation comedy, the fully formed and coherent script, narrative closure, predictable characters, and the decorum associated with presentation. Its curious transatlantic popularity defied the assumption that comedy is regional and exclusive, and the shows cult status still lives on in the United States and United Kingdom through reruns, videos, DVDs, and continual reappearances by the shows now iconic stars. Most written accounts of Monty Pythons Flying Circus focus solely on members of the Pythons, histories of the sketches, or the development of other Monty Python projects, leaving a dearth of scholarly and contextual analysis on the television show itself.
Marcia Landys book is one of the rare studies available examining the Flying Circus within the context of its time, analyzing the shows influence on 1960s and 1970s British television as well as British cultural influence on the shows legendary material. Landy explores not only why the series complex form of comedy was important but also why it was so well received, citing the Pythons amalgam of comedic material: the unruly treatment of sexuality, the mockery of religion and class, and the critique of the medium of television. The Flying Circus parodied both the lowbrow and the highbrow, throwing many previously untouchable topics into the ring, and here Landy deconstructs the impact of the shows risks and reception. As informative as it is engaging and entertaining, this book will appeal to film and media scholars, popular culture enthusiasts, and Monty Python fans alike.
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