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ID: 300263884
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300263884

 

Record Type: concept
screwball comedy (<genres for motion pictures>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, ... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name))

 

Note: American motion picture genre typically featuring a comic battle of the sexes in which the hero and heroine are caught up in a romantic pursuit or patching up a marriage, involving a rapid sequence of improbable events and a surrounding group of eccentric characters. The dialogue is generally fast-paced and witty, and romantic love triumphs in the end. The hayday of the screwball comedy was from the mid-1930s through the 1940s.
 
Terms:
screwball comedy (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,B)
screwball comedy (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
screwball comedies (C,U,English,AD,U,PN)
comedy, romantic screwball (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
comedy, screwball (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
romantic screwball comedy (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
瘋狂喜劇 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
無厘頭喜劇 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
脫線喜劇 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
fēng kuáng xǐ jù (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
feng kuang xi ju (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
feng k'uang hsi chü (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
comedia romántica (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  B.BM

Hierarchical Position:

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Associated Concepts Facet
Hierarchy of Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
.... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of <concepts in the arts and humanities>
........ <concepts in the arts and humanities> (G)
Hierarchy of <genres in literature and performing arts>
............ <genres in literature and performing arts> (G)
Hierarchy of <genres for motion pictures>
................ <genres for motion pictures> (G)
Hierarchy of screwball comedy
.................... screwball comedy (G)

Additional Parents:

Hierarchy of Associated Concepts Facet
Associated Concepts Facet
Hierarchy of Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
.... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of <concepts in the arts and humanities>
........ <concepts in the arts and humanities> (G)
Hierarchy of <genres in literature and performing arts>
............ <genres in literature and performing arts> (G)
Hierarchy of comedy (general genre)
................ comedy (general genre) (G)
Hierarchy of screwball comedy
.................... screwball comedy (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 美國電影類型,以男女打鬧為特色的喜劇片,由男女英雄展開浪漫追求或結婚開始,伴隨著一群古怪的角色,引發一連串快速且不可信的事件。通常劇中有機智的快節奏對話,和以浪漫的愛情勝出的結局,流行於一九三零年代中期至一九四零年代。 
Dutch ..... Amerikaans filmgenre dat zich kenmerkt door een komische strijd tussen de seksen, waarin de held en de heldin verwikkeld raken in romantische bezigheden of hun huwelijk proberen te redden in een snelle opeenvolging van onwaarschijnlijke gebeurtenissen en omringd door excentrieke personages. De dialogen zijn over het algemeen snel en gevat en aan het eind zegeviert de romantische liefde. De hoogtijdagen van de screwball comedy duurden van het midden van de jaren 30 tot en met de jaren 40 van de 20ste eeuw. 
Spanish ..... Género cinematográfico americano presentando una batalla cómica de los sexos en que el héroe y heroína son alcanzados en una caza romantica o arreglando un matrimonio, involucrando una rápida secuencia de eventos improbables y un grupo circundante de personajes excéntricos. El diálogo es generalmente a paso rápido y chistoso, y el amor romántico triunfa al fin. El auge de la comedia romántica fue desde mediados de 1930 hasta 1940. 

Sources and Contributors:
瘋狂喜劇............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
...........  TELDAP database (2009-)
無厘頭喜劇............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
..............  國立編譯館學術名詞資訊網 March 1, 2011
脫線喜劇............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
...........  國立編譯館學術名詞資訊網 March 1, 2011
comedia romántica............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
................................  Diccionario Enciclopédico Nuevo Espasa Ilustrado 2000 (1999) 414
comedy, romantic screwball............  [VP]
...............................................  Yee, Moving Image Materials: Genre Terms (1988)
comedy, screwball............  [VP]
................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
feng k'uang hsi chü............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
...................................  TELDAP database (2009-)
feng kuang xi ju............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.............................  TELDAP database (2009-)
fēng kuáng xǐ jù............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.............................  TELDAP database (2009-)
romantic screwball comedy............  [VP]
............................................  Yee, Moving Image Materials: Genre Terms (1988) 90
screwball comedies............  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
...................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
...................................  Oakey, Dictionary of Film and Television Terms (1983) 156
...................................  Oxford English Dictionary (1989) combination form in entry "screwball"
...................................  Singleton and Conrad, Filmmaker's Dictionary (2000) 268
...................................  Taves et al., Moving Image Genre-Form Guide [online] (1988) "Moving Image Genre List" Accessed 09/18/2000
...................................  Yee, Moving Image Materials: Genre Terms (1988) 90
screwball comedy............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP]
.............................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
 
Subject: .....  [AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  AAT-Ned (1994-)
............  Yee, Moving Image Materials: Genre Terms (1988) 90, not used as a Use For term as it means another genre that sometimes overlaps with "screwball comedy" but is not synonymous; sophisticated comedy
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Legacy AAT data
Chinese (traditional) .......... [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......... TELDAP database (2009-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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