美国著名的电影理论家史·卡明斯基在《电影的类型》一书中,较精辟地阐述了美国喜剧电影的特点。他说: “旧式的美国喜剧电影可分为两种,一种是个人表演或者搭挡演出的,另一种则是‘男女相争’或者‘撞球式’的喜剧。前者的题材多半涉及个人与社会的关系,后者则起始于霍华德·霍克斯的早期影片,题材始终不离男女之间的争执与冲突。 The famous American theorist 史卡卡斯斯基 in “the type of movie”, a more elaborate description of the characteristics of American comedy movies. He said: "The old-style American comedy movies can be divided into two kinds, one is individual performance or partner performance, and the other is the ’men and women compete’ or ’billiard-type’ comedy, the former theme mostly involved individuals The relationship with the community, which started in the early films of Howard Hawks, the subject has always been separated from the dispute and conflict between men and women.