Shakespearean comedy

Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest was his ultimate breakthrough. Wilde’s novel targets the way of life of the elite during the Victorian era through satire. Oscar Wilde’s satiric novel The Importance of Being Earnest ridicules the aristocratic society of the Victorian which can be observed in his use of irony, humor and metaphors throughout the novel. Wilde uses irony in emphasizing satire and sarcasm in his novel. An example is his use of puns throughout his play. One obvious…

Such is life. It's not easy being the perpetrator of a damaging ideal, only to have a mirror held up with the ugliest parts of our humanity reflected back. Thank You for smoking, released in theatres March 2006, is dark satire disguised as a light comedy. It follows the professional life of Nick Naylor, a charismatic spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies whose main priority is not to prove that “if it's your job to be right, then you're never wrong.” Thank you for Smoking satirizes the…

One of the funniest movies shot by Michael Patrick King is Sexy and the City -a romantic comedy, which tells a story about four female friends living in New York City throughout the film. The plot develops around Carrie Bradshaw played by Sarah Jessica Parker. The movie is a spinoff of the television show Sex and the City. The movie is funny, sexy, and is based on a wealthy lifestyle. According to the screenplay, Carrie Bradshaw, a writer who is stood up on her wedding day, tries to live…

Mellodrama 1. the conventions of melodrama are the characters for example the villan, hero and herione. One of the main conventions that help with making these characters is music, when the hero enters the room or saves someone heroic music will play, but when the villan kills someone or steals something evil music will play. Gestures are another big part of the theartre as it gives delivery of speech and motion for example someone rolling their eyes obviosly is idicating that they are fed up.…

There are gaps in every character's story, there is always space to add more. In season 3, episode 6, "These Delicate and Dark Obsessions," is slightly a filler episode. This doesn't mean it's not entertaining. I find it enjoyable when other villains banter and bicker with each other. The interaction between Oswald Cobblepot and Ivy Pepper brought a moment of campy humour to this otherwise dark series. "Not drinking pine-cone juice with a crazy-pine-cone lady! "So build an army, no one's…

“Humor is mankind's greatest blessing” (Mark Twain). The controversy, however, is within how humor is conveyed or perceived to be. Alain De Botton, a philosophical writer, deems that humorists hold “impunity” in their messages that underlie their humor; impunity is something exempt from punishment. I consider that humor is used to veil the serious meaning that is proven such in political cartoons and the article “Humor conveys ‘Me No Terrorist’s’ serious message” (Elder). Conversely, people may…

Summary The article “youtube Pranking across cultures” by Renne Hobbs and Silke Grafe discusses the way media outlets, specifically pranking videos, is influence by the way perpetrator, victim and witness interpret the content. Ranging from the individuals’ identity, to the society they are a part of. (Hobbs & Grafe 2015), as it shows how factors in culture, can impact the format and responds of the videos. They investigate the idea by examining different prank videos such as the Scary Maze…

The role of humorist has been to entertain people for many years. Their role has enabled them to impact others by discussing sensitive topics with the slightest impact on whomever it may have concerned. Comedians contribute to society in various ways, the jokes they present to the world does not only cause laughter but can also prove points. express ideas, and opinions. Religion, politics, personal issues- these are the topics that we have been taught to never talk about despite the…

In ancient Greece, the ideal of comedy was mainly formed from the idea of "this couldn't happen." This form was used in the play, "Lysistrata", to illustrate this point. Such ideas were the sexual content, women as leaders, and a female controlled society. As mentioned above, the ancient Greeks see the impossible as comedic and as a result, the abovementioned elements of the play to be comedic too, because in that time those ideas were unimaginable. As a comparison, here and now, we may not…

“I simply regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world created therein has different rules than my regular human world.” When Mindy Kaling included these words, in her humorous biographical book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me, she likely did not consider genre theory in her analysis. Romantic comedy is the genre of choice for Mindy Kaling and other people looking for cheesy humor and a “meet cute” scenario, leading to an idealistic love connection capable of…