The Beatles and Humour: Mockers, Funny Papers, and Other Play
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The Beatles and Humour: Mockers, Funny Papers, and Other Play
The Beatles are known for cheeky punchlines, but understanding their humor goes beyond laughing at John Lennon's memorable "rattle your jewelry" dig at the Royal Variety Performance in 1963. From the beginning, the Beatles' music was full of wordplay and winks, guided by comedic influences ranging from rhythm and blues, British radio, and the Liverpool pub scene. Gifted with timing and deadpan...
Katie Kapurch is Professor of English at Texas State University, USA. Her books include Victorian Melodrama in the Twenty-First Century (2016), New Critical Perspectives on the Beatles (2016 with Kenneth Womack), and Blackbird: How Black Musicians Sang the Beatles into Being (2023). Forthcoming books include Disney Plus Beatles with Bloomsbury Academic.
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Katie Kapurch (Editor), Richard Mills (Editor), Matthias Heyman (Editor)
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