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    Kurt Vonnegut is one of the most influential American novelists of the twentieth century who has brought about a phenomenal distinction in literature. Most of the writers have written only in a particular concept or genre, but Kurt Vonnegut has imprinted his undeniable mark in science fiction with humor, social commentary with absurdity and so on. Kurt Vonnegut has written fourteen novels, three short story collections, five plays, and five works of non-fiction. His works are occupied with…

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    Chaplin’s films were nothing more than silly slapstick comedy designed to…

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    Comedy Research Paper

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    Comedies have been a staple of the American film industry since the days of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton with the silent era, black and white, slapstick comedies. Movies themselves are a unique cognitive stimulus, so comedic movies are an individual slice of entertainment that combines the realm of comedy and of visual storytelling. Using the lenses of neuroscience and cognition to view comedic movies…

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    Singin’ in the Rain (1952) directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen is one of Hollywood’s most famous musicals. As a big fan of musicals, it’s surprising that I have never seen this infamous film. I had preconceived notions about what it would be like and I thought that I wouldn’t enjoy it. However, the movie was nothing like that I thought it would be and I enjoyed the “behind the scenes” style of film that the director used to show the transition between silent films to talkie. Due to this…

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    As the house lights are gradually lowered in the Glenelg Country School auditorium, the audience’s effervescent chattering falls to a hush and all that can be heard is one voice somewhere in the theatre, enchanting the audience. The spectators listen intently as the voice travels throughout the theatre, until suddenly, a single spotlight illuminates a middle-aged man sitting on a worn armchair playing the soundtrack of his favorite musical on his antique turntable. So begins Gelnelg Country…

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    Movie Mind Machine Satire

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    If comedy can predict the future, it just foretold Hollywood’s futuristic contraption to sit next to the Disney vault, move over Netflix. Two comedians just found a way to fictionally re-enjoy our favorite movies. Matt Braunger and Ron Funches star in the twelve-minute-long 2015 film Movie Mind Machine. Directed by Maureen Bharoocha and written by Eric Cunningham. Here lays a film which serves viewers a little bit of satire, culture, and some questionable but funny science. The plot of a Movie…

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    us, or should I say a stone age. The Flintstones, a name that you all should know. They are a modern stone age family from the town of Bedrock. It was a TV show created and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. They were created as a slapstick comedy that was the most financially successful network for three decades, which makes them one of the best TV cartoons ever made. The main character is a man named Fred Flintstone, he is a husband and father that works a bronto-crane for his…

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    B-52 jet carrying the nuclear bombs, the military personnel are reading Playboy and playing cards. These are not necessarily the actions that should be occurring on a plane carrying nuclear, humanity-destroying bombs. Therefore, the props in the slapstick comedies were simply used for comedic effect while the props in dark comedies started to have more meaning and significance regarding the theme in their uses. Despite the comedic differences in Duck Soup and Dr. Strangelove, many of the…

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    For this story “Videotape” it feels as if Don DeLillo had heard of the term “Mondo film” (or as it is also known Shockumantry) and was inspired by it to write a story of someone who would be a viewer of these kind of films. A “Mondo film” is a sub genre of exploitation films that take a documentary/pseudo documentary style focusing on taboo subjects such as death real or fake. Don DeLillo 's “Videotape” shows us a man who has become desensitized to violence. The character in the story is a…

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    talkative mother and the bored and Internet-addicted son. The funny facet of the play is explored in depth here, as the actors work to acquire the audience’s attention. Much of the production is dedicated to the humourous side of the affair, with slapstick comedy, pop culture references (the fictional “fields of Tyrion” mentioned are likely a reference to Bethesda’s fantasy role-playing game series The Elder Scrolls, or possibly the similar game series Dragon Age), and typical Australian…

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