Katie, Kathleen, and Brianna are three students at Fordham University studying Modernism and Cinema. During their studies, they began to wonder: How has slapstick comedy proceeded from great popularity and esteem to low-brow culture and vulgarity? Our hope is that this blog is able to explore such a perplexing question and draw some conclusions as to how slapstick has come to be "slapped" by critics and the Academy, who refuse to take it seriously.