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Distorted recognition: the pleasures and uses of televisual historical caricature
Screen ( IF 0.3 ) Pub Date : 2019-01-01 , DOI: 10.1093/screen/hjz005
Hannah Andrews

Associated with hammy acting or representational dishonesty, the term ‘caricature’ is usually employed as a withering put-down when applied to portrayals of historical figures on screen. But, while ‘serious’ dramatizations aim to avoid caricature’s excesses, many British television series have exploited them to comedic ends. Such examples indicate the way in which television both contributes to and draws upon popular memory, a culturally shared sense of history (Anderson, 2000). Television caricature is usually associated with satire (Wagg, 1992), but in article I consider its functions beyond political subversion. I explore in particular how televisual caricature draws upon two central pleasures: that of instantaneous recognition, dependent on the continual recirculation of images of historical figures, and of distortion, of an exaggeration of certain aspects of the personality to create ironic distance. Using recent sketch comedy programmes, Horrible Histories (CBBC, 2009 – 2013) Drunk History UK (Comedy Central, 2015 - ) and Psychobitches (Sky Arts, 2012-4) as its case studies, the paper will analyse the form and function of televisual historical caricature. It explores how performance, costuming and intertextual reference are exploited in historical caricature, and the pleasure they offer an audience. It considers how these performed caricatures are addressed to a particular ‘knowing’ audience, one which will enjoy both the recognition of, and the distortion of the famous and powerful historical figures that are the targets of these caricatures.

中文翻译:

扭曲的认知:电视历史漫画的乐趣和用途

与 hammy 表演或代表性不诚实相关联,“漫画”一词在应用于屏幕上对历史人物的描绘时通常被用作一种令人沮丧的贬低。但是,虽然“严肃”的戏剧化旨在避免漫画的过度表现,但许多英国电视连续剧却利用它们达到喜剧效果。这些例子表明了电视对大众记忆的贡献和利用的方式,这是一种文化上共享的历史感(安德森,2000)。电视漫画通常与讽刺相关(Wagg,1992),但在文章中我认为它的功能超越了政治颠覆。我特别探讨了电视漫画如何利用两种核心乐趣:即时识别,依赖于历史人物图像的不断循环,以及扭曲,夸大个性的某些方面以制造具有讽刺意味的距离。以最近的喜剧小品节目 Horrible Histories (CBBC, 2009 – 2013) Drunk History UK (Comedy Central, 2015 - ) 和 Psychobitches (Sky Arts, 2012-4) 作为案例研究,本文将分析电视的形式和功能历史漫画。它探讨了历史漫画中如何利用表演、服装和互文参考,以及它们为观众带来的乐趣。它考虑了这些表演的漫画如何针对特定的“有见识”的观众,他们将享受作为这些漫画目标的著名和强大的历史人物的认可和扭曲。Horrible Histories (CBBC, 2009 – 2013) Drunk History UK (Comedy Central, 2015 - ) 和 Psychobitches (Sky Arts, 2012-4) 作为案例研究,本文将分析电视历史漫画的形式和功能。它探讨了历史漫画中如何利用表演、服装和互文参考,以及它们为观众带来的乐趣。它考虑了这些表演的漫画如何针对特定的“有见识”的观众,他们将享受作为这些漫画目标的著名和强大的历史人物的认可和扭曲。Horrible Histories (CBBC, 2009 – 2013) Drunk History UK (Comedy Central, 2015 - ) 和 Psychobitches (Sky Arts, 2012-4) 作为案例研究,本文将分析电视历史漫画的形式和功能。它探讨了历史漫画中如何利用表演、服装和互文参考,以及它们为观众带来的乐趣。它考虑了这些表演的漫画如何针对特定的“有见识”的观众,他们将享受作为这些漫画目标的著名和强大的历史人物的认可和扭曲。历史漫画中利用了服装和互文参考,以及它们为观众提供的乐趣。它考虑了这些表演的漫画如何针对特定的“有见识”的观众,他们将享受作为这些漫画目标的著名和强大的历史人物的认可和扭曲。历史漫画中利用了服装和互文参考,以及它们为观众提供的乐趣。它考虑了这些表演的漫画如何针对特定的“有见识”的观众,他们将享受作为这些漫画目标的著名和强大的历史人物的认可和扭曲。
更新日期:2019-01-01
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