Situation comedy

One of the most classic comedies of the 90s is, of course, Seinfeld. Its unique humor started the trend of many similar sitcom comedies, mostly Friends and How I Met Your Mother. With great casting and superb writing, it became one of the best sitcoms to be made. Created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, putting Jerry as himself in a sitcom about nothing, seriously nothing. The great Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Alaine Bennet a funny and charming ex of Jerry. While Jason Alexander played George,…

also the trope of any situational comedy show. However, this charmingly picturesque image of idealistic expectations cannot be further from the truth of reality. Unlike its predecessors, contemporary television seeks to openly dissect and question…

highlighting the fact that friendship doesn’t always require tenderness and compassion. George, Elaine, Jerry, and Kramer are engaged in a friendship held together by a complete lack of empathy. By refusing to be romantic, Seinfeld enabled itself to become a comedy of manners (39). This narrative route allowed the show to focus on life’s minute details, giving testament to its iconic “show about nothing” mantra that propelled the show to Godlike…

Stand-up comedy is a form of comedy that, for the most part, is conveyed by a performance entertainer talking straightforwardly to the crowd in an unconstrained way. In stand-up comedy, the feedback of the audience is immediate and essential for the comedian’s performance. The gathering expects an exceptional act and a constant flow of snickers, and the entertainer is constantly under pressure to perform. Stand-up, in the structure it is known today, is an emphatically American creation, with…

Comedy is the entertainment consisting of jokes and funny sketches, intended to make an audience laugh. “How to Make a Board” is a simple how-to create a plain board that can be used for anything from killing spiders or a standing base. Dave Barry’s short story “How to Make a Board” is a high level of comedy that uses comic situations and comic characters choices to convey the idea that the simplest creations may be used for greater things. “How to Make a Board” is an example of high comedy…

“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…

moral progress” (Almond 94). This is applied not only in our own lives, but also in literature. For instance, Sister experiences this kind of coping mechanism through comedy in Eudora Welty’s short story “Why I Live at the P.O.” In this narrative, the reader gets a sense of how family conflict causes great pain through Welty’s use of comedy…

There are some fundamental messages that all of the romantic comedies movies convey their audience. It is not necessary for this genre to have a happy conclusion all the time. However, the messages of the romantic comedy are usually positive, and relatable with its audience. The most common aspect of the romantic comedy movies named His Girl Friday and Adam’s Rib is the struggle in the love life of both couples. It is evident that both of the couples once lived happily but now due to the…

of comedy, some that are witty and takes more intellect to understand and some that are straightforward laughter, these two types are referred as high-level comedy and low-level comedy, but they are both types of comedy. The high-level comedy by Mark Twain “ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” included many comic characters and ironic situations to convey a universal truth through humour with the statement, “Work Smarter Not Harder.” In the novel, “A Day’s Work,” Mark Twain uses high-level comedy…

the location of the film, time period in which the film is taking place, or it may simply just be a place for credits to go. The opening scene also does a lot in setting up some of the films themes. Comedies for example may start off by a main character telling a joke, or being put in a humorous situation. This gets the audience (hopefully) laughing, and sets the tone for the rest of the film. However an opening scene can do a lot more than just set up genre, or location. It can tell you…