Slapstick

The man was 14 at the time, and struggled to get help until his second year at his university (Fionn Hargreaves 2017) Female-on-male rape is considered so absurd that the only time we really see it, is when it's being portrayed as a carousel of slapstick wackiness in mainstream comedies (Amanda Mannen 2015). It as if society believes men cannot be raped, as if when you tell them they they you’re telling them that someone got bit by a leprechaun. They can’t fathom such a thing could happen, it's…

There are three definitions of comedy that have surrounded the material of this course thus far. The one I will be focusing on throughout the course of this paper is concerning incongruity. The disruption of what we, the audience, are used to seeing with our characters, action, and even language. Lysistrata, originally written by Greek playwright Aristophanes, and translated into English by Donald Sutherland is comedy that relies almost entirely on incongruity to ensure laughs from its audience.…

One thing that you can 't complain about with Margaret Atwood 's Rape Fantasies is downtime; there is none to speak of. It hits the ground running, the narrator Estelle opening in media res, quite in the middle of conversation, the subject of which (rape) she initially professes a reluctance to address. Estelle is tired of hearing and seeing things about rape in the media. She doesn 't want to think about it. This introductory tone of reluctance is important because it reveals a conflict…

communicate via these social media platforms impact the younger generation. The mass appeal of the popular culture today which finds manifestation in lowbrow mass media forms, which are forms of reality television, pop music, escapist fiction, kitsch, slapstick, jingoism and pornography etcetera. With the help of mass media, almost the entire world is made to pass through the sieve of this low brow industry which precludes any space for sustained thought or imagination. As a result, the…

of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare’s earliest comedies, and it shares many essential characteristics with his other romantic comedies, such as Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. These characteristics include light-hearted and slapstick humor, disguises and deception, and a happy ending in which most of the characters come out satisfied. The light-heartedness of these romantic comedies contrasts sharply with the darker humor and deeper characterization of Shakespeare’s later…

Some Like It Hot: The Temporary Transvestite Movie Billy Wilder’s irreverent slapstick masterpiece, Some Like It Hot, challenges conventional ideas of gender, attraction, and sexuality. The main characters in the film are shown as stereotypical womanizers. They evolve, through very untraditional means of sensitization, into men capable of supporting and sustaining romantic relationships. Their transformation takes place through the use of the temporary transvestite genre. These characters,…

When imagining the ancient city of Athens, intriguing philosophy, beautiful art, and advancement in mathematics and science may be brought to mind. However, one man, Aristophanes, seemed to be the complete opposite of the portrayed picture of the Athenian people. He was a comedian, and a very unrefined one. His vulgar, sexual, uncouth plays were extremely popular, viewed by citizens of all statuses. The Ancient Greeks, so well known for laying the intellectual foundation of the Western world,…

Contrary to the traditional plays that usually have clear plots, recognizable characters and logical dialogues, the plays that are categorized as absurd lack all of these essential elements. For this reason, actors playing Vladimir must first fully comprehend the practice of Theatre of the Absurd and the implicit information about the characters in the play script. The original notion of Theatre of the Absurd came from the existentialist philosopher Albert Camus who said, “The absurd is born…

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian composer whose mastery of the whole range of contemporary instrumental and vocal forms—including the symphony, concerto, chamber music, and especially the opera—was unchallenged in his own time and perhaps in any other. Although he did not even live to be forty (January 27, 1756 to December 5, 1791), Mozart still managed to not only be one of the greatest composers of the Classical period, but perhaps of all time. His musical pieces still remain quite…

Although television (TV) was brought to the United States (US) in the 1950s, it did not become popular with the US public until the post World War II (WWII) era. This was from a variety of factors ranging from the popularity of radio and the cost of owning the technology. Importantly, in the early years of television, wide spread use of animation in TV shows did not exist. By 1960 however, Hanna-Barbara, a television animation studio, began to gain notoriety in the growing media market.…