Kidding: Everyday Life, Disrupted
The American series Kidding displays, across two seasons, a process of mourning. Hijacking the comedy format, this series in which Jim Carrey plays the main character presents aspects of complex television while developing a critique of the ideal everyday life depicted by classic institutions (the f...
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Association Française des Enseignants et Chercheurs en Cinéma et Audiovisuel
2021-08-01
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| description | The American series Kidding displays, across two seasons, a process of mourning. Hijacking the comedy format, this series in which Jim Carrey plays the main character presents aspects of complex television while developing a critique of the ideal everyday life depicted by classic institutions (the family, marriage, television itself). The article proposes to analyze the show as an object of grotesque, using the tools of television studies and queer theory, that will highlight its penchant for failure and for dissent. |
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