Sketch comedy

Comedy, like every good theatrical performance, needs to engage the audience by evoking emotions based on what is shown on stage. However, a comical play calls for laughter, which tends to disengage audience’s attention from the play’s context. This self-contradictory nature of comedy seems to work against the aim of theater. This makes comedy a difficult theatrical art to work with because since it should find the right balance in its nature. Woodruff points out that “the paradox of comedy is…

Shakespearean Character Comedy Think of one character in a movie, but not just any character. Think of a character that is hilarious, such as Homer Simpson, or Sheldon Cooper. These characters channel a comedic experience through their language and actions. Like these characters, Shakespeare connects Character comedy in A Midsummer Night's Dream by making one character more exaggerated to provide comedic relief. This adds comedy to Shakespearean writing. Character comedy is in A Midsummer…

How Diction Creates Pity in The Odyssey In “The Odyssey” an epic poem Homer uses diction to create a pitiful mood within book 17 as a description of Argos, Odysseus’ dog is given. While a comparison of Argos’ past and present is given he is described to be “Treated as rubbish now…”(319.383). The word rubbish means a “waste material”, for one to “reject as worthless”, and being useless. All of which carry a negative connotation; by stating that Argos is now treated as rubbish it is shown that…

Certain holy and sacred matters exist in the world. Things like the Bible, cute cat videos, Gandhi, and pizza are Earthly treasures that no one dares to tarnish. However, leave it to America to try. One brave soul on YouTube decided to demolish one of Earth's most famous musical masterpieces. Nintendo and Mario may never recover. AMERICAN ON YOUTUBE UNLEASHES FREEDOM ON NINTENDO AND MARIO At first glance, this might look like an innocent video honoring a birthday and an old friend. However,…

I believe it is time to stop trying to protect people’s feelings from getting hurt, because it might cost us dearly. Some of the best literature, art, and comedy is considered greatly offensive by specific groups of people, and due to complaints, schools are already banning masterpieces such as To Kill a Mockingbird for being “inappropriate”. We should consider the fact that the content itself might not be…

Heading: Breaking the Ice by Dave Barry Speaker: The author of this article Dave Barry is a journalist for the New York Fawcett. It appears the Dave Barry seems to make his whole article a joke and make fun of boys liking girls. The bias of this article is that Dave Barry doesn’t take any of what the kid asked him seriously in so he is not going to answer honestly. (64) Occasion: The reason that Dave Barry is writing this article is because a kid has asked him a question about how to ask out…

outlets of society. Whether it be on the radio, in person during stand up, or on television, comedy is an easy way to lighten the mood and make easy conversation out of controversial topics. In Humor as a Technique of Social Influence the author states, “Humor may indeed be used to influence others, and suggest that humor may be a powerful agent of change in everyday life” (O’Quin and Aronoff, 355). Comedy in television is a crucial role in the everyday community when it comes to not only…

Peter Ustinov, an English actor, had once said that “comedy is simply a funny way of being serious” (goodreads.com). Comedy is often utilized as a sort of crutch and platform to highlight issues- be it people’s problems, the insane global climate, or to express the absurdity of it all. Great comedians always have a point to make, and George Carlin makes a point to castigate the custom of offering help after the death of someone and the concept of human rights. In George Carlin’s special, “It’s…

In the movie Romeo and Juliet, my favorite character was Mercutio. I thought he was the best out of everyone because he would make jokes, he was funny, and he was a loyal friend to many. I thought Mercutio in the 1968 film was better than the film in 1996, because he was more apparent through the movie. Mercutio was more dramatic in the ‘68 film compared to the ‘96 film. It had seemed this way because he had talked with more enthusiasm and acted with more heart to it as well. In the ‘96 film…

Speaking Dementia - Thought of the Day (Part III) By Stan Goldberg, Ph.d. | Submitted On February 06, 2015 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Share this article on Facebook Share this article on Twitter Share this article on Google+ Share this article on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon Share this article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest Expert Author Stan Goldberg, Ph.d. Who would think there is…