Situation comedy

"A joyous masterclass of physical comedy and general disaster" (Fiona Mountford, 2015) In Peter Pan Goes Wrong, by Mischief Theatre, the much-loved members of The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society battle against collapsing sets, flying mishaps and numerous miscues on their way to Neverland with hilarious and disastrous results, much to the dismay of any stage manager. I watched this play on the 17th of November…

William Shakespeare’s As You Like It is a satire that mocks love. Mock, as defined by the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, means “to laugh at or make fun of (someone or something) especially by copying an action or a way of behaving or speaking”(n.pag). Shakespeare does just that themes pertaining to love. He mocks love poems, relationships, and the happily ever after ending that is so common in love stories. Poems are a typical tool used by men when they are trying to woo a woman.…

The character of bottom that is played in this story is a very well thought out person to be put into the play for his seriousness and his ability for his humorous thoughts, opinions, and actions. Little do we know but during this time period this was hard to come by, especially from the working class in Athenian men.From one point is the story or play as you may call, Bottom is a very serious person to be around and to ever try to be in an argument with because he will tell you what he is…

The scenes from the play A Midsummer's Night Dream Performed by our senior theaters was the most hilarious set of scenes I have seen all year. In Jonell's and Al'Rasyah's half of scenes the comedy was very natural and was not over done, that is what makes a play funny, Kaitlyn whitehead had great character choices that were very funny. All of the actors had really good projection and annunciation, but Kennon's annunciation was superb. Jonelle could have used more variety in her voice, doing that…

Shakespeare's “Twelfth Night” is a very interesting story. It is about a girl who dresses like a guy, who falls inlove with a guy, who loves the girl who loves her. Act two Scene four The duke (Orsino) is telling Cesario (Viola) that he can tell hes inlove with a young woman named Olivia. Cersario is trying to change Orsinos mind about it I saw two different short clips of this video, similar in content, but almost completely different. Each video had its own techniques, and feeling. The first…

and it becomes a misunderstanding is appreciated, but just not how executed. The first scene with Richard needs to be revised. The scene should open with Suzy and Diane talking (feels awkward not to hear them) and the opening should establish the comedy genre. When Suzy attacks Richard, one would expect more of a visual reaction from Richard and that he would say something (comedic). In addition, the opening with Richard doesn’t really have anything to do with the plot. It might be different…

I personally do not believe that Les Boys was fully able to translate across linguistic boundaries using bodily communication, because much of the humour was based in the verbal communication and the jokes may not have translated well to other cultures. There were a few scenes where the humour was based in the body, such as when Karine was distracting the other team’s goalie by acting in a promiscuous manner, but most humorous scenes were based in language. Even the scene where we find out that…

The stance that Alain de Botton took in his 2004 book, Stress Anxiety correctly addressed the goal of humorists and their effect on society. He states that humor is used, “ to convey with impunity messages that might be dangerous or impossible to state directly.” In other words, humor used as a means to address the elephant in the room without fear of repercussion. Effective humorists have the ability to prompt or sway a person’s opinion in a way that a politician's speech simply can not. If a…

different ages such as a toddler to a young child to an elderly lady, the consumer could assume that the actors are related. Doritos is saying that people of all ages can enjoy Doritos. The company makes the buyer think that because for one they use comedy, they get them engaged and interested. They will draw in the customer’s attention and make sure the consumers will watch and remember their commercial so when the buyer is at the grocery store and they pass by the chip aisle. If the commercial…

its use of puns, which according to the theory of incongruity stated by Monro are funny (n.d, p.91). According to Freud’s definition of comedy “a person appears comic to us if, in comparison to ourselves makes too great an expenditure on his bodily functions and too little on his mental ones (n.d, p.752). But, also according to Meeker and Langer who state that comedy is use as a strategy of survival and to celebrate life (Meeker 1997, p.15; Langer p.762). Normally death is something tragic and…