Dear Colleagues: I am teaching a class on American comedy (1960-2000) this Winter quarter and I am quite frustrated by the lack of academic essays that discuss the films I am showing. I found a number of reviews, but it doesn't really do the trick. I taught the first half of the course in the Fall and I had no problems compiling a list of very meaningful readings. Below is the list of films on the syllabus. Any suggestions about readings that I might have overlooked? Please, respond to me privately. Thank you! Gloria Monti The Apartment (1960), Billy Wilder The Nutty Professor (1963), Jerry Lewis Dumb and Dumber (1994), Peter Farrelly Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), Stanley Kubrick Hollywood Shuffle (1987), Robert Townsend Blazing Saddles (1974), Mel Brooks Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), Jay Roach Harold and Maude (1972), Hal Ashby Slacker (1991), Richard Linklater Annie Hall (1977), Woody Allen Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Nora Ephron Fast Times at Ridgemont High(1982), Amy Heckerling American Pie (1999), Paul Weitz After Hours(1985), Martin Scorsese Fargo (1996), Joel Coen Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip (1982), Joe Layton Down By Law (1986), Jim Jarmusch Hanging Up (2000), Diane Keaton ______________________________ gloria monti, ph.d. lecturer program in film studies 223 humanities instructional building university of california, irvine irvine, CA 92697-2435 phone: 949-824-6576 e-mail: [log in to unmask] 1/3/1961: The United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba -- three days before I was born. ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html