1. Types of Drama a. Comedy When we talk about comedy‚ we usually refer to plays that are light in tone‚ and that typically have happy endings. The intent of a comedic play is to make the audience laugh. In modern theater‚ there are many different styles of comedy‚ ranging from realistic stories‚ where the humor is derived from real-life situations‚ to outrageous slapstick humor. Is designed to be entertaining and humorous where misfortune ends in triumph or happiness. It presents characters
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“Nothing that is so is so.” To what extent do you agree with this in relation to Shakespeare’s play “Twelfth Night”? In Shakespeare’s comedy ‘Twelfth Night’‚ the main theme of disguise and façade is used to create comedy as the characters ‘conceal’ themselves. This adds to the confusion and consequently the characters‚ and at times the audience‚ are doubtful of what is real. Shakespeare makes it clear that ‘Twelfth Night’ is up for interpretation through the use of his double title ‘what you will’;
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cinema and eventually television‚ drama diversified so drastically that the different forms of drama vary an astonishing amount. But even within modern comedies‚ such as Bro’town‚ South Park and Blackadder‚ we still find elements of the Aristophanaic drama. Aristophanes and Shakespeare: Both Aristophanes and Shakespeare used conventions common to comedy to entertain the audience‚ and sometimes even used them to convey serious messages. Both were great fans of the Poneros‚ or loveable rogue: In Wasps
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Kind “Let each man exercise the art he knows‚” The Wasps‚ 422 B.C. “Comedy is a great vehicle to get into the truth behind politics‚” Will Ferrell 2004. Aristophanes and Will Ferrell had strong political opinions and both used political satire in theatre to express their opinions. From the father of Old Comedy to a man who is known for his political impersonations over two-thousand years later; political satire is a form of comedy that has been‚ and still is‚ relevant. Aristophanes wrote plays
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Americans Became the Fattest People In the World. Boston‚ MA: Houghton Mifflin Co.‚ 2003. Dale‚ Alan S. Comedy Is a Man In Trouble : Slapstick In American Movies. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press‚ 2000. Dobson‚ Louise. "What ’s Your Humor Style." Psychology Today 39.4 (2006): 74-77. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 7 Feb. 2011. Durgnat‚ Raymond. The Crazy Mirror: Hollywood Comedy and the American Image. London: Faber‚ 1969. Harmes‚ Joseph‚ and Karen S. Schneider. "Exit laughing
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pretending to be Ernest asking Cecily to marry him and Gwendolyn who Jack asked to marry him as Earnest comes to the country; resolution – when both male characters have been discovered and identities revealed. Throughout the script Wilde created comedy using wit
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Hot (Wilder‚ 1959)‚ a classical Hollywood movie by Billy Wilder in 1959‚ is generally regarded as a romantic comedy. Different from other comedies in that age‚ Some Like It Hot makes a breakthrough in subverting some conventions‚ that is‚ it tries to extend its themes to two marginalisation directions: gangsters and cross dressing. Following these two key elements‚ this magnificent comedy narrates the story in a humour way‚ reflecting fickleness of human nature in that age‚ showing the director’s
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Twelfth Night: Comedic Techniques Elaborate the Nature of Love The infamous Shakespeare comedy “Twelfth Night” uses a variety of techniques to depict humor and comicality but‚ manages to develop the nature of love in doing so. Literary devices such as puns‚ dramatic irony and scene layout are used to provide comedy but‚ characters are what represent Shakespeare’s personal thoughts on the broad topic of love. Characters in every type of literature give life to the story and are a gateway of expressing
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Breakout Comedy of 2013 (888) Brooklyn Nine-Nine‚ the new and hilarious series airing on Fox‚ Tuesday nights at 9:30‚ has quickly become one of America’s most popular sitcoms. The show has only been on since September and has already won not one‚ but two Golden Globe awards- one for Best TV Comedy Series‚ and one for Best Actor in a TV Comedy Series which went to Andy Samberg. Set in the 99th Precinct of New York City Police Department‚ a single camera follows the comical
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“Pitch Perfect” has a pitch problem. Pitch Perfect is exactly what it says on the tin – Perfect. It is a 2012 musical comedy that was premiered in Los Angeles on September 24th‚ 2012. The film was directed by Jason Moore. It is based on Mickey Rapkin’s non-fiction novel Pitch Perfect. The director of this movie has assembled a celebrity cast on the set‚ including Anna Kendrick‚ Rebel Wilson‚ Skylar Astin‚ Anna Camp‚ Brittany Snow‚ Ester Dean‚ Alexis Knapp‚ Ben Platt and Adam DeVine. The
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