Some Like It Hot is a very funny movie. The film uses many ways to make the audience laugh‚ but mainly the film creates a situation where normal people would not encounter. Such as the two musicians dress up like women and join an all girl band. To make this funny‚ Joe and Jerry become very unattractive as women and try to act like women‚ but fails horribly. Another example is that Osgood fells in love with ¡°Daphne¡±‚ which the audience knows that it¡¯s Jerry. The act of Osgood pursuing Jerry makes
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Giovanni Mancini Mr. Ruffolo English 12 22 May 2013 The Role of Humorists in Society Imagine a society where there is no humor or humorists. How would you deal with information if there were no humor or humorists? In many articles‚ YouTube clips‚ and movies that I have viewed such as deadly sins happening at a church bake sale by “The Onion”‚ the comedian Sebastian Maniscalco in “Doorbell”‚ and Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire show that they play a vital role in society by addressing information
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Imagine life without humorists. Everyone would be serious all the time. There would be no one to tell jokes and no one to ramble on about various topics that effortlessly make us chuckle and giggle. There is no doubt that humorists strive to entertain the public. Stand-up comics make themselves sound and appear as fools in front of millions of people‚ just to get the satisfaction of knowing that they have made someone laugh. Cartoonists‚ stand-up comics‚ satirical writers‚ and hosts of television
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As Leon Rappaport was envisioning his novel Punchlines‚ he tried to develop a true definition of humor. As a respected social psychologist‚ he tried to articulate some textbook definitions of humor but couldn’t quite seem to merge them together to form a single definition. Some psychologists and analysts might say that humor is often associated with stereotypes against minorities. Rappaport‚ however‚ disputes these claims. He argues that there is no clear way to sum up humor since it is codependent
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The low comedy in Harris & Me is more humorous because of the physical mishaps‚ pain‚ and slapstick comedy create more humor than the higher comedy‚ such as the witty language‚ do. Harris & Me was written by Gary Paulsen‚ and he creates more humor with the low comedy than he creates with the high comedy. The high comedy‚ such as the subtlety of the line‚ “Purely from an artistic viewpoint‚ of course…” creates less humor than the low comedy does. First‚ in Harris & Me‚ there are a lot of physical
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In the bit from Anton Chekhov’s play “The Brute” we learn that the play is filled with situations contrived by the writer do make the readers laugh. Essentially speaking there are three characters in the plot that give way to funny and haniense situations through their actions and comments. It goes without saying that the play owes much of its farcical appeal to the funny comments resorted to by the characters. When Popova tells him that she is in a state of mind‚ Smirnov not only ridicules her
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We have all...okay maybe not all‚ but many of us have been through a time in our life when you or your partner have realized it’s time to move on. It doesn’t really matter how long you have been with the person but break ups always sucks. It always seems like it is the end of the world. No matter what you do that person is in the back of your mind. Even things you see‚ smell‚ or even touch can remind you of what use to be. I can’t tell you how to get your ex completely erased out of your life but
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Types of Speeches An Informative speech is one in which you provide your audience with new and/or useful information about a significant topic. Remember‚ your goal is “to increase an audience’s knowledge or understanding of a topic;” your job is to define‚ explain and clarify your topic. No overt attempts to persuade the audience should be made but you do need to show the audience why your topic is important to them—what is the topic’s significance or consequences to their lives? Basically
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A sense of humor can make difficult times easier to bear The sense of humor is one of the most powerful tools we have. People who without a sense of humor may find themselves belittled‚ mocked‚ or treated as stupid‚ leading to anxiety and depression. A good sense of humor is just like weapon‚ and it can beat the difficult situations in many ways. First‚ a sense of humor can dispel tension. That is a good way to express you without hurt others at the same time. I remember two years ago‚ after Senator
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Happiness‚ people say‚ is a very vague word. It can come in different ways for different people - money‚ fame‚ popularity‚ and love and so on and so forth. With this said‚ does this mean that having less of them will not make anyone happy? Unfortunately‚ this is not so. Real happiness is something that a person brings upon to himself and should never depend on what the world can or cannot give him. For those who want to achieve happiness‚ read on a little more and learn about the secrets on how
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