National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

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    National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is a comedy film produced by Jeremiah Chechik in 1989, starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki, and Randy Quaid. This film is a slapstick comedy with some elements of clown comedy. This film uses comedic elements to create a comedic mood. Also, the director uses a family to create a more relatable experience so the comedy elements appear more comedic. The comedy elements used involve more physical comedy. In this film Clark Griswold, played by Chevy Chase, is determined to throw a good old fashioned family Christmas, for the Griswold family. However his idea of a good old fashioned family Christmas is very over the top and falls short of expectations. The film National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Chechik effectively utilizes comedic elements to create a comedic mood throughout the Griswold family’s rather interesting Christmas. In the film Chechik created a seemingly normal family with the archetypal nutty family members, and the members of the Griswold family that are a bit…

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    National Lampoon’s: Christmas Vacation: A Worthy Classic Comedy In the film Christmas Vacation, there is a hilarious scene when Clark Griswold “played by Chevy Chase” and his family are out finding the perfect Christmas tree. They come across what Clark believes to be the family tree, but the family worries about the tree being too big. Clark reassures them that the tree isn’t big, it’s just full. Rusty worries about the tree not fitting anywhere, Clark tells Rusty the tree is not going to go…

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    Throughout our lives we constantly find ourselves submerge in a social hierarchy amongst our peers which severs constant reminder of what is considered socially acceptable and what is not. The 1978 film Animal House, directed by John Landis, spins the social hierarchy of a college campus on its head for a flare of humor, but not without a serious subelement. In the scene where Eric”Otter” Stratton(Tim Matheson) and Donald “Boon” Schoenstein(Peter Riegert) take insult to ROTC officer, Doug…

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    Psychological Contract

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    contract which affects the job outcomes. It is quite obvious that the employees will feel dissatisfied if their expectations are not met by the organisation. As psychological contract breach can have negative effects on employees, it becomes essential to study how psychological contract breach can affect the employees. Any action that acts as inconsistent to employee’s expectations towards obligations will be considered as an act of contract breach by him. An example of psychological contract…

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