Mills, Brett (2016) Make Me Laugh: Creativity in the British television comedy industry. Humor, 29 (2). 157–174. ISSN 1613-3722
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Abstract
The three-year (2012–2015) AHRC-funded research project Make Me Laugh: Creativity in the British Television Comedy Industry worked with writers, producers, directors and other industry personnel to map the productions they work on and follow their labor as they move from one job to another and strive to maintain a career. This article draws on interview material from this project to investigate the ways in which comedy workers negotiate the maintenance of their creativity within economic, cultural and industrial contexts such as policy, funding, and the whims of broadcasters and production companies. It argues that while such contexts are evident for all cultural production, there are specifics of the comedy sector because of humor’s relationships with the social role of broadcasting. It therefore highlights the specificity of comic creative labor, contributing to ongoing Humor Studies debates focused on the particularities of comedy as a category.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | creativity,television,comedy industry,bbc,creative industries,creative labour |
Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Art, Media and American Studies (former - to 2024) |
UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Film, Television and Media |
Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
Date Deposited: | 05 May 2016 12:00 |
Last Modified: | 06 Aug 2024 01:04 |
URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/58584 |
DOI: | 10.1515/humor-2015-0051 |
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