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3 aspects of comedy |
1. The tone of the laughter 2. The treatment of the character 3. The occasion/situation that causes laughter |
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Low comedy |
Puns, slapstick, mayhem, silly, pranks, clowns |
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Comedy of manners |
Evokes warm, sympathetic laughter. Happy solutions are found pokes fun at the relationships of the individual to society. Recognizes games played in social life and confirms the standards of the majority (The Importance of Being Ernest) |
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Satire |
Generates mocking laughter and is rarely polite. Never content to entertain. Goal is reform |
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Horation satire |
Genial, friendly, or cheerful about human folly |
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Juvenalian satire |
Condemning human nature uncompromisingly |
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Comedy of chaos |
Laughed in desperation at an absurd world. Confusion, nervous laughter, gross insensitivity, madhouse (Waiting for Godot/ One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest/Alice in Wonderland) |
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High comedy |
Brimming with serenity and delight. Laughs with compassion and thoughtful mirth. Sense of wonder and dream-like. (Wizard of Oz/A Midsummer Night's Dream/Peter Pan |
