Slapstick

When considering culture in the 20th century, film and literature are two of the most important components. Both mediums create huge responses from their audiences, as these forms of art serve to let the audience experience something viscerally, all the while letting them connect these emotions to specific events occurring around them. Both world wars and the Cold War greatly impacted film and literature in Europe, ultimately leading to different ways to connect and understand art. At the…

HaComedy of Errors William Shakespeare, one of the famous playwrights in the world, wrote over 30 plays. Almost all of his plays are very well- known, such as Romeo and Juliet, All’s Well That Ends Well ,and Midsummer's Night Dream. Comedy of Errors is one of his earliest comedies. Comedy of Errors is one of Shakespeare’s most amusing plays due to the mistakes, the up and down adventure, and it's amazing, happy ending. William Shakespeare was a man with a dream and worked hard to achieve.…

The Essence of Falsehood and Fakery: How to Pull off a Hoax The ubiquitous presence of fakes is an undeniable truth. I mean technically. It sounds so pretentious to say that we are surrounded by fakes, as if they are lurking around every street, ready to snatch the wool and pull it over our eyes, but it’s inescapable to live without encountering at least one element of fraud somewhere. Films, novels, television, paintings magazine ads, magicians, technically are all forms of trickery, because…

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…

was more of a childishly cruel nature, abusing his fellow characters and even his female counterpart, Minnie Mouse, in the first cartoon that he appeared in. Now Disney’s intent was not to support bullying, but simply to draw laughs through the slapstick comedy. Although audiences seemed to enjoy the cartoons, they were not of the quality that Disney was constantly striving for, which is why he took a huge leap in attempting to create one of the first films with an accompanying soundtrack. Up…

succeeding one another, pushing character and dialogue into the background. The origins of the genre are not clear, but farcical elements can be found already in the plays of Aristophanes and Plautus; The identifying features of farce are zaniness, slapstick humor, and hilarious improbability. The characters of farce are typically fantastic…

Instead of humor or slapstick comedy, comics started to incorporate storylines that played with the all the heartstrings of the reader. The Dark Knight especially used this aspect to rise above other comics of the time. To get an emotional response, Miller adjusted the predictable…

We live in a time that movies reviews are being giving by normal people on social media leaving critics useless. When people write these reviews, the reviews are bias, racist, and unprofessional. In order to get a more professional, unbiased, and not racist reviews, people need to read real critics reviews. Whereas people like us who write movie reviews on social media such as Facebook, Yelp, Twitter, and etc. are called amateur critics. The difference between amateur critics and professional…

“A country road. A tree. Evening.” These stage directions preface Samuel Beckett’s tragicomedy “Waiting for Godot.” In the play, two men meet on this sparse, forlorn stage and attempt to make sense of their obscure world through encounters with mysterious characters and the prospects of finding purpose upon the arrival of a character they call Godot. The two men, Estragon and Vladimir, experience very little action or significant adventure in regards to the plot. Still, Beckett, regarded by some…

While protecting children is an important thing society has to take on, some believe that internet censorship for children can lead to oppressing the people of a nation. Since internet is something that is hard to regulate it becomes a bit of chore when deciding how to protect children. Government can use these regulations as a mask and in reality use them to oppress. Especially totalitarian governments like China, Russia, and Iran. Lawrence Strickling, the US Department of Commerce Assistant…