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The Judean People’s Front and Jesus’s Mod Tour Bus: Musicals and Comedies Set in the Ancient World


 
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1. Title Title of document The Judean People’s Front and Jesus’s Mod Tour Bus: Musicals and Comedies Set in the Ancient World - Representations of Antiquity in Film
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Kevin McGeough; University of Lethbridge; Canada
 
3. Subject Discipline(s) History; Archaeology; Film Studies
 
4. Subject Keyword(s) history in film; representation of ancient world in film; cinematic presentation; historical film; epic film; representation of the past;
 
5. Subject Subject classification History; Archaeology; Film Studies
 
6. Description Abstract Moving away from the epic tradition, Chapter 5 examines comedic and subversive treatments of the ancient world in film. It discusses vaudeville traditions in comedic musicals about ancient Rome and traces this through to Jesus Christ Superstar. It relates this to British comedic traditions such as the Carry On series and Monty Python’s Life of Brian also discussing American satire in Mel Brooks’ films and more recent attempts (like Meet the Spartans).
 
7. Publisher Organizing agency, location Equinox Publishing Ltd
 
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9. Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 22-Jun-2022
 
10. Type Status & genre Peer-reviewed Article
 
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12. Format File format PDF
 
13. Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/39764
 
14. Identifier Digital Object Identifier 10.1558/equinox.39764
 
15. Source Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) Equinox eBooks Publishing; Representations of Antiquity in Film
 
16. Language English=en en
 
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19. Rights Copyright and permissions Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd