A modern version of restoration comedy? Double entendre, objectification, fearful men and rakes manqué in the television work of Benny Hill
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5681722 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph Gibbs (0000-0003-1622-6859, American University of Sharjah, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 468-485 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Studies in Television The International Journal of Television Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-6020 • E-ISSN: 1749-6039 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/17496020231214478 |
| OpenAlex | W4388624929 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
Benny Hill's once globally popular (but controversial) television humour was often built around elements associated with Restoration comedy. These included double entendre; the objectification of women (which Hill in the 1980s intensified, to the detriment of his comedy and career); and themes involving men fearing women. Additionally, some of Hill's characters had traits suggestive of those of Restoration comedy, although his men generally lacked the classic rakes' social status and sexual success, and their frequent failures introduced into Hill's comedy an ironic caricature of contemporary views of male sexuality and ego
Aesthetics · Art · Comedy · Epistemology · Literature · Objectification · Psychoanalysis · Cinema and Media Studies · Music History and Culture · Philosophy · Psychology · Theater, Performance, and Music History
| Highly cited | No |
|---|