I'm not quite halfway through but do have to recommend it. The amount of stuff Miller's found is impressive. I have some quibbles about his interpretations of things, and think the book would have benefitted from an introductory chapter outlining the broad changes of American comedy, 1900-1966, explicitly instead of as mentions in the individual articles, but the information brought out is amazing. And some of the links between motifs are well-observed.
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Date: 2014-10-21 03:51 am (UTC)