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THE RIGHT STUFF: From Western to melodrama and comedy

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dc.creatorStaat, Wim
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-08T13:20:18Z
dc.date.available2019-01-08T13:20:18Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractTHE RIGHT STUFF (1983), directed by Philip Kaufman, has explored which genre conventions were appropriate for space travel. The film first uses the Hollywood Western, as has been acknowledged by several authors. However, the film also uses other genres, particularly melodrama and comedy as described by Stanley Cavell. In general, film genres help us understand the world. More specifically, the Hollywood Western is the film’s point of departure for its depiction of the astronaut’s immediate predecessor – the test pilot; yet it is the family melodrama and the comedy that should be acknowledged as more important for understanding the astronaut as the test pilot’s successor. To be precise, understanding the history of space travel in terms of Hollywood genres requires an examination of the way in which THE RIGHT STUFF has marked the transition from a covert, military operation (test pilots) to a civilian public relations project (astronauts) as the succession of the Western by the family melodrama and the comedy of remarriage.en
dc.identifier.doi10.25969/mediarep/3348
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.necsus-ejms.org/test/the-right-stuff-from-western-to-melodrama-and-comedy/
dc.identifier.urihttps://mediarep.org/handle/doc/4117
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherAmsterdam University Press
dc.publisher.placeAmsterdam
dc.relation.isPartOfissn:2213-0217
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 Generic
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.subjectcomedy of remarriageen
dc.subjectfilm genreen
dc.subjectspace travelen
dc.subjectWestern
dc.subjectFilmgenrede
dc.subjectmelodramaen
dc.subjectRaumfahrtde
dc.subjectMelodramde
dc.subject.ddcddc:791
dc.subject.workTHE RIGHT STUFF
dc.titleTHE RIGHT STUFF: From Western to melodrama and comedyen
dc.typearticle
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dcterms.bibliographicCitationStaat, Wim (2016): THE RIGHT STUFF: From Western to melodrama and comedy. In: NECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies 5 (1), 77–93. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/3348.
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local.coverpage2020-11-22T11:04:57
local.identifier.firstpublishedhttps://www.necsus-ejms.org/test/the-right-stuff-from-western-to-melodrama-and-comedy/
local.source.epage93
local.source.issue1
local.source.spage77
local.source.volume5

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