The Popularity of British Comedy in the U.S.
British comedy has long been a source of particular amusement and, more often, bemusement to American audiences. It all began, it seems, with the pivotal career of Charlie Chaplin and his tragi-comic clown, his slapstick, and his extraordinary influence on the early film industry. Then, there was Stan Laurel, of Laurel and Hardy fame, Cary […]