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    British Sense of Humour

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    sitcoms and films. It can be seen in TV comedy series ’Allo ’Allo!‚ which mocked every national stereotype‚ including that of the British. There are also famous "An Englishman‚ an Irishman and a Scotsman" jokes‚ which punchline is usually based around the Irishman’s stupidity‚ the Scotsman’s meanness or the Englishman’s snobbishness. British jokes often include a sort of wordplay that is based on multiple meanings of a word or on homonyms. Monty Python comedy group is considered to be the paragon

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    Much Ado About Nothing has many tropes that are specific to the romantic comedy. The first is “Belligerent Sexual Tension” (Romantic Comedy)‚ which means that the characters have obvious attraction between them despite the fact that they fight like cats and dogs. This goes into the other trope for their relationship titled Slap‚ Slap‚ Kiss (Romantic Comedy). While they don’t physically attack each other‚ they verbally joust at any point when they’re together. Leonato early on makes note of this

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    Charlie Chaplin made audiences laugh‚ but he also made us feel. Buster Keaton may not have drawn as much laughter or emotion as Chaplin‚ but his comedy was at least as creative. Throughout the 1920s Keaton took great risks both physically and financially. Harold Lloyd lacked the training and natural comedy of Chaplin and Keaton‚ yet he could make us laugh as hard as we did when watching Chaplin‚ and could draw as much sympathy and suspense as Keaton. These were the great pioneers of cinema. Today

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    2011 HSC Question How are taboos used in black comedy to challenge and confront the audience‚ and make them laugh? In your answer‚ refer to study and experience of TWO of the texts set for study Black Comedy‚ as defined within both an Aristotelian-cathartic model and through a Freudian psychological perspective‚ aims to allow its audience to bypass the mind’s censor and to allow release of otherwise socially impermissible emotions on issues that are of a dark or macabre nature. It is a form

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    teachers‚ or police officers are not allowed to voice their opinions as freely because it’s inappropriate to do so. Maybe this is why people enjoy comedy‚ for a good laugh but also whatever the comedian jokes about you can relate to due to the fact that you have certain thoughts on the subject. An example would be in one of Kevin Hart’s stand-up comedy acts‚ he talks about how his father use to be a crack head and stole a police dog while it was on duty because Kevin wanted a dog. He also mentions

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    Question 1 The early 1900s mark a great boom within the genre of the silent comedy. By the 1920s it was not uncommon to see B list silent comedies ringing bigger bucks then the more prestigious features. As the decade would progress feature length comedies become more and more common place and stars are born. Stars like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. This paper aims to contrast the two comedian’s/director’s art forms. While doing so I will draw on a film for each‚ Charles’ feature‚ Modern Times

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    Defying Tradition

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    female-written comedies What information seems the most important? Note key points mentioned in the article. Call it The "Bridesmaids" Effect: Ever since the R-rated 2011 comedy became a runaway hit … a rash of female-written comedies are enticing viewers with provocative new characters who are more like women we know. "’Bridesmaids’ I think opened up a door to allow women to show a bunch of different women in different ways of being funny. Since then‚ women have been finding a voice in comedy more than

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    aspects that make humor so individual centered. The word humor has various definitions. Wikipedia defines humor as the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement; whereas theasarus.com merely defines it as comedy and/or funniness. The term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks‚ which taught that the balance of fluids in the human body‚ known as humors (Latin: humor‚ "body fluid")‚ control human health and emotion. A few synonyms include amusement

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    "In comedy the beginning is troubled‚ the end tranquil." With particular reference to Bennett’s dramatic presentation of the final resolution of the play‚ to what extent can we read The History Boys as a comedy? Throughout The History Boys‚ Bennett uses many comedic conventions to highlight the play as a comedy‚ and also to highlight the ’troubled#’ aspects of the play. He clearly uses these comedic conventions such as witty banter‚ satire and stock characters which emphasises the play’s comedic

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    Allegory - is used to describe events and characters from an abstract idea(s)‚ it can also be noted as an extended metaphor. The purpose of this term is to illustrate that an event‚ character‚ symbol‚ and setting have both figurative and literal meanings. EX. Animal Farm book Anti-Climax – an event or outcome‚ which is much less dramatic or exciting than it was expected to be. Generally has a disappointing or dull ending. Aside- An aside is when a character says something out loud in the attempt

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