You simply The Taming of the Shrew relocated to high school? Gil Junger’s 10 Things I Hate About You is undoubtedly more complicated than a relocation of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew into high school. The transformation of Shakespearean comedy into the ‘teen’ movie genre and the integration of Elizabethan values enable the film to be a successful relocation of the play‚ yet the incorporation of modern gender conventions discerns it as something more than a relocation. The culmination of
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perfect of all Shakespeare’s romantic comedies. The very title of this play refers to the saturnalian revel where‚ according to Frank Kermode‚ the world ‘lost its normal‚ sane order‚ suddenly becoming topsy-turvy‚ slightly mad’. Although in all his previous comedies the comic is incidental to the progress of action of the drama‚ in this last comedy the notion of the provocation of laughter is somewhat absent. Twelfth Night is a bridge between the two forms‚ comedy and tragedy‚ and contains elements
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without comedy is like a picture without color. No matter how interesting the scene may be‚ a certain element is lacking and excitement tends to stay confined. The same could be said for humor that is written and humor that is acted out on stage right in front of you; one is grey the other has color. It was surprising‚ however‚ that after reading Bill Bryson’s collection of newspaper columns I’m a Stranger Here Myself‚ and watching Seinfeld’s I’m Telling you for the Last Time standup comedy‚ a definitive
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Theaters‚ actors‚ and plays were all started in the ancient Greek time period. Ancient Greek theater began between 550 and 220 BC. The plays or productions focused on the Greek God Dionysus. Dionysus was the God of wine‚ agriculture‚ and sexuality. Thespis was a person who told stories through songs to Dionysus. Thespis did two major things that transformed Greek theater‚ make actors instead of just storytellers and translated the hymns into Dionysus to story telling songs which people acted out
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or two that’ll make them laugh once in a while. But what are jokes? Oxford English Dictionary states that jokes are something said or done to stimulate laughter or amusement which can also be called a jest. Susan Purdie‚ author of the book‚ Comedy: Mastery of Discourse‚ mentioned that joking is any form of social exchange or event which elicits laughter (Purdie‚ 3). Sigmund Freud‚ quoted in Purdie‚ stated that “the operation of joking [is a way] to confirm a sense of self” (10) because it
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Volpone‚ written by Ben Jonson‚ is about a wealthy con artist who is conned by his ‘parasite’ servant. It can be argued that his servant‚ Mosca‚ is the true comic hero of the comedy on account of him being imperative to the cons. The traditional comic hero is one who is able to make the audience laugh. Their status in society ranges between upper and middle class. In spite of events that may seem to cause the downfall of the ‘traditional comic hero’‚ conventionally‚ they have a happy ending and peace
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Elvis is a half-hour comedy about the personal and professional highs and lows of a neurotic drummer and his rock band‚ as they struggle to make it in Bushwick‚ Brooklyn. COMMENTS The logline and the brief synopsis clearly state the premise of the show. Based on the logline and the synopsis‚ it has an appealing concept. One possible tweak: Elvis is a half-hour comedy about the personal and professional highs and lows of a drummer and his band… (vs. just the band). Find the best and most exciting
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she is actually a graduate of Buckingham Browne & Nichols. It is a private school in Cambridge‚ Massachusetts. She graduated from that school in 1997. The comedienne then entered Dartmouth College in the following year. She dabbled in an improv comedy troupe called The Dog Day Players.
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DeJohn Williams November 10‚ 2011 Professor Thompson Theatre History I Comic Actors in Shakespeare’s Time Shakespeare work was divided into three groups‚ comedies‚ tragedies and histories. Comedy Plays attracted a large number of audiences to the theatre. Some famous comedy actors of Shakespeare’s time are William Kempe‚ Richard Tarlton‚ and Robert Armin. These comedians had to have acting skills‚ and also be able to sing and dance. William Kempe was one of Shakespeare ’s main actors in
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‘Much Ado About Nothing’ by William Shakespeare contains many aspects that anchor the Elizabethan conventions of comedy‚ but allows us to question whether the ending gratifies the audience and does it actually create a satisfactory dramatic catharsis? Aristotle first discussed the concept of catharsis. He believed that “the poet’s aim is to produce pleasure in the spectator by eliciting from the representation the emotions of pity (for others) and fear (for oneself)”. I believe ‘Much Ado About Nothing’
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