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| | Sitcom: What It Is, How It Works |
 | | Included are my own theory of comedy, the business of television, action, character, thought, diction, music and spectacle as applied to the sitcom, and a listing of all the sitcoms that have been on American primetime television since 1947. |
 | | The last point notwithstanding, television is indeed an art just as much as drama or movies; it's just harder to tell because of all the other things with which it must contend. |
 | | Television is an important part of American life, and, although a great amount has been saidand written about its significance and impact on politics, sociology, communications, technology, and the American life style, almost no attention has been paid to the programs themselves as an art form. |
| www.wsu.edu:8080 /~taflinge/sitcom.html (1953 words) |
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