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    Elvis Movie Analysis

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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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    Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare is a romantic comedy set in Illyria during the Christmas season. The article analysis is a critique on the elements of folly and foolery in Shakespeare’s twelfth night. As defined in the critique‚ a fool can be “a silly or foolish person” or “one who professionally counterfeits folly for the entertainment of others‚ a jester‚ a clown”. In the analysis of the subject in twelfth night‚ the writer highlights that although Feste is the only professional fool in the

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    The Politics of Humor

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    THE POLITICS OF COMEDY Is this thing on? In efforts to promote voter education‚ laughter is perhaps the best strategery. Comedy and tragedy prove one in the same‚ as the saying goes. The variability of the twosome‚ however‚ substantiates rather inconsistently in politics‚ an arena overflowing with participants who take themselves too seriously. And where a potential candidate attempts to utilize comic relief‚ one often discovers the result to be rather tragic. In lieu of the consequences

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    Keyterms

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    but allegorically deciding on a choice that may determine his path in life. Another key concept used in this poem is persona. The persona in the poem is the speaker who is deciding which road to take or more so‚ what decision to make. “I’m Going! A Comedy In One Act”- In the short play‚ “I’m Going!” the author Tristan Bernard used the concept of farce to exaggerate the ongoing argument between Jeanne and Henri. Jeanne was unwilling to compromise with her husband about going to the races and constant

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    Commedia Dell Arte

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    Commedia dell’ Arte will be discussed and its distinctive traits explored. These include the characters Used‚ mask work‚ pantomime (physical comedy) and improvisation. In addition‚ by using examples from both 16th century Commedia and modern day television I will show how not only was Commedia an inspiration for modern television‚ but that modern comedy would not exist without it. Commedia draws its existence from the period of economic and cultural enlightenment known as the Renaissance

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    The plot progresses with the Peachums attempting to kill Macheath for money‚ thus ensuing a storyline full of political and moral satire. In William Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” satirical comedy is applied to allude to both political and religious topics during the 1600s. The telling dramatic comedy unfolds as an absent leader creates chaos in electing a corrupt leader to temporally taking his place‚ thus

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    Almost Famous Dramedy

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    Dramedy is a subgenre of comedy that has a dramatic tone‚ yet has important elements of a comedy. In Dramedies‚ the amount of drama and comedy are almost equally balanced. This balance provides comedic relief for the audience‚ while still addressing serious issues. An example of a movie in this category is Almost Famous by Cameron Crowe. Almost Famous is about 15 year old aspiring rock journalist who is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone Magazine about an up-and-coming rock band

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