Rush Hour 3 Conventions

How does Rush Hour 3 use conventions of comedy to support Chinese cultures? Rush Hour 3 is a action, comedy and adventure movie released in 2007, directed by Bret Ratner and acted by Jackie Chen and Chris Tucker as protagonists. Conventions of comedy can be explained by setting, sound, lighting, character types and so on. The Chinese cultures that we often see in movies are Kung Fu, sword fighting, Chinese Buddhist temple and kids being toughed Kung Fu, etc. I will be describing how a scene from Rush Hour 3 employs convention of comedy to support Chinese cultures by using stylistic elements such as mise-en-scene, sound and character types and freedom as a thematic concern of the film.
Firstly, the use of sound in Rush Hour 3 shows how the convention of comedy in Rush hour 3 are used to support Chinese cultures. In this particular scene, Bret Ratner uses not only diegetic sound but also non-diegetic sound. Diegetic sound is used when Chris Tucker loudly and clearly speaking with a master. “Who are you?”, asks Chris Tucker to master. “Yu”, master replies. “No, not me. You”, says Chris Tucker. “Yes, I am Yu”, master replied. Also, Chris Tucker talks to another master and ask his name. There is also confusing between Mi …show more content…
Both Chris Tucker and Jackie Chen fight for freedom. However, they fight for freedom in Rush Hour 3 a funny way. How? When Chris Tucker gets in fight with aged 5-12 years-old Kung Fu’s students, he gets knocked down by one of the students which is directed funnily. Another scene is when both Jackie Chen and Chris Tucker fighting with the giant. They know they won’t win against him because the giant is Kung Fu master. To get audience attentions and laugh, they both get beaten up in the funny way, again. Both Chris Tucker and Jackie Chen fight because they want the freedom and want to help and rescue people. Indeed, fighting for freedom in the funny way in Rush Hour 3 is a thematic