New Staff publication: Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed by Paul Flaig

Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed was published on October 2nd as part of Bloomsbury's "World Cinema" series co-edited by Lúcia Nagib and Julian Ross.

Paul Flaig's book explores the extraordinary appeal of American slapstick, cartoon, and screwball comedies during and after Germany's Weimar Republic. Bridging two crucial sites of interwar modernity, Weimar Slapstick offers a fundamental reassessment of Weimar culture, Hollywood comedy, and their intertwined legacies.