The “King” of Philippine Comedy: Some Notes on Dolphy and the Functions of Philippine Cinematic Humor as Discourse
This paper aims to come up with a valuation of Dolphy’s role as a comic artist, in terms of his function in the creation of Philippine film comedy, positing that Dolphy’s popularity as “king” of Philippine comedy is symbiotic with the inscription of comedy in terms of the functions it plays within P...
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| Language: | English |
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University of the Philippines
2006-12-01
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| Series: | Humanities Diliman |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/humanitiesdiliman/article/view/628 |