Stand-up comedy

century bursts out with a lack of control, meaning religious fundamentalists had the advantage of banning theatres. Until the mighty king slammed his way to authority. This paper forwards as it's thesis that the importance of London in restoration comedies is that it develops an upper class abnormality of shame and it allows us to experience a different view of London in a different era of time. for women, it clearly shows that them acting disrespectful or disorderly would result to punishment.…

Anton Chekhov was a Russian playwright who composed the entertaining comedy “The Bear”. It is a play about a conflict between two very opposite characters that ends up working out in the end. While Anton Chekhov was growing up his family often faced financial issues which could have given him the inspiration to write this play (biography). This comedy shares similar characteristics with old fashioned Greek comedies that make them funny and entertaining for the audience reading or watching the…

Peter Ustinov, an English actor, had once said that “comedy is simply a funny way of being serious” (goodreads.com). Comedy is often utilized as a sort of crutch and platform to highlight issues- be it people’s problems, the insane global climate, or to express the absurdity of it all. Great comedians always have a point to make, and George Carlin makes a point to castigate the custom of offering help after the death of someone and the concept of human rights. In George Carlin’s special, “It’s…

incorporated both modern comedy and modern events to create songs or poems. Most all of his songs and poems poke fun at certain events or troubles and subjects that people don’t like to talk about. He uses catchy tunes and catchy lyrics to convey a hidden message or something that is interoperated in many ways. The uses of satire are prominent in all of his songs due to the hatred he has for certain aspects of the modern era. One of the ideas he uses if called of ‘Truth in Comedy’ in that he…

Final Essay – Peter Barnes Barnes’s Auschwitz, uses black comedy to raise awareness that in a godless world, we have forgotten what it means to be human, and show kindness. In other words, we have lost our humanity. We ended up creating a greedy and hypocritical, thus inhumane society. Davis’, Bentley’s and Sypher’s view on comedy explains the different consequences of an immoral world. Davis’ explains that with an amoral attitude towards comedy it becomes very easy to treat each other like…

Comedy is an artform that puts a monetary value on our elation and delight. It is often easy to forget that art must run as a business and comedy is no exception. In our viewing of, Phunny Business, our instructor encouraged us to look closely at how Raymond Lambert ran his comedy club. In the brave new world of stand-up, it would be tough to run a club of this nature. Moreover, it would be even harder if that club caters to a predominantly African-American crowd. In this paper, I will argue…

Comedy is seen and enjoyed by many all around the world, claiming its place as a staple of human culture. Comedy has but one rule: it must be funny. Other than this, humorists can take any and all liberties to fundamentally change the affect of their art; resulting in a wide array of comedic styles. The “comedy” umbrella somehow shelters the slapstick fun of Laurel and Hardy, the deadpan observations of Steven Wright and the surrealism of Monty Python. These comedians, along with all of their…

Greeks, so well known for laying the intellectual foundation of the Western world, enjoyed Aristophanes inappropriate and crude humor so much because his comedy was an entertaining, relatable outlet for their frustrations at the time and provided satirical advice on current problems with society to all. A major component in the immense…

Two major subcategories of comedy that are regularly found in American humor are slapstick and sarcasm. Slapstick humor can be described as broad comedy characterized by animated actions; it is very visual and physical. There are many examples of American comedians that use slapstick humor such as “The Three Stooges” from the early to the…

beginning of time. Comedy, as we know it today, started in Vaudeville; Vaudeville was the most popular form of entertainment of the late 1800’s. It staged live entertainment and pulled in audiences from around the world. Vaudeville also created multiple genres of drama and comedy. Giving birth to stand-up comedy and popularizing inappropriate humor. Approaching serious issues with inappropriate humor is know as being facetious. This form of comedy is ‘A-OK’ among the majority of comedy lovers.…