Comedy film

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…

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…

consciousness of the society. As societies become more complex, our understanding of the concept of or sense of humor similarly becomes more complex. In recent times, comedy has proven itself to be an extremely popular film genre whose appeal and acceptance spans across nationalities, races and generations throughout the world. Traditionally, comedy involving beautiful blonde white women has sourced its humor from people’s perceived naivety and superficiality of beautiful blonde women. This…

The opening scene does conform the play as a comedy for many reasons. Willy Russell demonstrates comedy in Act 1 Scene 1 by using cultural references through the characters of Rita and Frank. Comedy is also created through miscommunication, slapstick humour, juxtapositions and bawdy humour. The play was set in the 1980s when the class system was a divide between Upper class, Middle class and the Working class, Willy Russell Shows the different classes through the characters of Rita and Frank,…

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.…

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.…

Witnessing someone, especially a friend, make a fool of themselves unknowingly is almost impossible not to laugh at. Furthermore, in the stand-up comedy film Laugh At My Pain, Kevin Hart, a short African American comedian, talks about his embarrassing yet humorous life stories about growing up in Philadelphia. He is a comedic genius. During the film, Kevin Hart tells the story of when his father, a serious cocaine addict, barged into the spelling bee and treated it as if it were an athletic…

like many of our genres, started on the stage. But what actually makes a musical? In this genre, we define a musical as a film where the songs are sung by the cast, and are a part of the plot narrative. There can even be dancing! I’m sure many of you have at least heard of a few film musicals, even if you may not have seen them. As with other genres, we can differentiate the film musicals into…

Also comedy have a several types Farce, Romantic Comedy, Satirical Comedy, Sentimental comedy, Black comedy, Comedy of humours and Comedy of manners. The Farce is a form of low comedy, whose intention is to provoke simple mirth in the form of roars of laughter (and not smiles); it uses exaggerated physical action, character and absurd situation, with improbable events, a complex plot, with events rapidly succeeding one another, pushing character and dialogue into the background. The origins of…

Grail was produced in 1975 by directors Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones. It is a comedy on the quest by Arthur and his knights to find the holy grail. While the movie isn't fully accurate the changes were made to make the movie more enjoyable for the audience. The movie says much about both the middle ages and audience's view of that period in history. It's important to realize that Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a comedy and therefore has no obligation to be historically accurate, unlike a…