The presentation of the theater piece fulfilled the intention of providing comedic, good-humored entertainment, but did not have the impact on the audience that was desired.
There were many moments where it was expected for the audience to laugh, but they did not. Some weaknesses in the scene were that the actors needed to be more emotionally connected to the scene to make the characters more real and entertaining to watch. No audience member wants to watch a scene where the actors do fully commit. Also, with the election about a month away from the performance date, the political tensions may have been high and less of a laughing matter. Yet, there were some successes as some jokes did receive laughter and the piece was entertaining. There were also no jokes that offended anyone. We stayed inside the lines as we did not want anyone to feel uncomfortable. Language was kept in G rated category as this would not have provided any substance to the work and would have ruined the goal of making this a good-humored scene.
…show more content…
One being a reference to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s email scandal and this was done when Secretary of State Linda (the character in the gray sweater) states, “Here delete these emails for me.” It was chosen to include this scandal in the work because this is the most prominent scandal in the election against the Democratic nominee. Choosing Sectary of State Linda to deliver this line was another connection as Hillary Clinton was Sectary of State when this was written. These two items made it clear to the audience what we were alluding to. Since this was a hot topic, this did elicit some reaction and this one choice was
They must have felt foolish, as if they were the brunt of an elaborate joke. You could tell by their facial expressions. The audience was a substitute for a larger target, which is the white supremacists and racists of the world. Chappelle is saying through humor that they along with their false beliefs are ludicrous, ignorant, gullible, and deserve to be made fun of. Another target is the news media. Wallace recorded Bigsby’s ludicrous message. Book publishers are a target. They’re not very discerning. They published Bigsby’s books. Minorities and homosexuals are targets as well. Interracial marriage is a target. A female White supremacist is married to Black White supremacist, and she is the one who gets divorced. Bigsby, after accepting his own ethnicity, accuses his wife of being a “nigger lover”, but he’s the
In this case the participants were not quite as seasoned as those mentioned above. The play itself was quite clever and entertaining. Varying degrees of acting and vocal ability made for a very diverse cast. Meshing an 1879 play with Millennium type humor is no small feat. The scenes were concise; costumes were extrem...
Throughout the film, the audience is also exposed to many different comical scenes. Many situations and even dialogue are humorous. For example, one of the three killers sleeps with a Teddy Bear. Additionally, Nobody calls Blake a “stupid fucking white man.” This is funny purely because it is not something that would be expected from his character.
...dness but comedy was used as an emotion. When Michael was going to make a "citizens arrest" at the banks, there was comedy there, sort of like sarcasm which is known to sway a person's thoughts if it is funnier in the sense. The whole movie really shows a lot of emotions and tries to persuade our thoughts on the government with it.
In the movie, the three main types of comedy I recognized were farce, parody, and satire. Farce is comedy designed to provoke the audience into simple, hearty laughter and often uses highly exaggerated or caricatured character types and puts them into improbable and ludicrous situations. It also makes use of broad verbal humor and physical horseplay. Some examples of farce in the movie are:
Your ticket told you which seat you were to be seated in, and the was also a person that would direct you to the right seat. The seats were comfy, but the rows were awfully close to each other leaving little leg room. The theatre was at a perfect temperature; it wasn’t too hot or cold. The acoustics of the theatre allowed the actors’ voices to be very audible at all times of the play. Immediately when the play began with an announcement for the Pope to hopefully come and see this play, the audience started laughing. The audience was filled with other theatre students and friends of the people in the play, and also some elderly there to enjoying a comical evening. Everybody in the audience despite their differences were laughing in unison at all the hilarious scenes. I have to admit there was multiple times where I was dying of laughter.
Steve Almond’s “Funny is the New Deep” talks of the role that comedy has in our current society, and most certainly, it plays a huge role here. Namely, through what Almond [Aristotle?] calls the “comic impulse”, we as a people can speak of topics that would otherwise make many of uncomfortable. Almond deems the comic impulse as the most surefire way to keep heavy situations from becoming too foreboding. The comic impulse itself stems from our ability and unconscious need to defend and thus contend with the feeling of tragedy. As such, instead of rather forcing out humor, he implies that humor is something that is not consciously forced out from an author, but instead is more of a subconscious entity, coming out on its own. Almond emphasizes
Comedy has existed with the human spirit as far back as humans began writing the first plays and stories. Comedy and laughing at other peoples’ situations has always been a very good way to tell an entertaining story. Yet, at the same time, it can be an effective way to share lessons about life and the human condition. The “comic spirit” takes many forms throughout human civilization and several classic examples can be seen in Roman and Greek comedies. Greek comedies often create humor from the conflicts created by stereotypes and imbalances. For example, the play Lisistrata has a main character who is a woman who tries to stop the Peloponnesian War by convincing all the women of Athens to stop having sex with their husbands. Taking place during a period when women did not have power in society (compared to men), this Greek comedy used the imbalances of women to create a funny story while at the same time as making a statement against war. A more modern comedy that uses imbalances and stereotypes to create humor is the movie “Bringing Down the House” starring Steve Martin and Queen Latifah. The humor in this movie is created by the use of multiple stereotypes, imbalances and ultimate role reversals of a white, wealthy male and a black, ex-convict female who first meet each other in an Internet chat room. There are also contrasts between young and old people. Although the imbalances and stereotypes throughout the movie create funny situations, it may have a negative side effect because it takes advantage of racial, gender and age stereotypes, which may be insulting or hurtful to some people, just to get a laugh.
The differences of these two plays, gives one a sense that any general idea can be broken into a distinct one and not sway away from its intended idea. This means, a comedy can be made into a tragedy, romance, and other themes, and yet still maintain the purpose of providing laughter to the audience. This shows the development of literature over the years, as many more subcategories result because of the contrasts.
As in all genres, the musicals have had its share of failures. Some worthy dramas have been pressed into service and musicalized and sometimes butchered in the process, and audiences have had to watch a fine play diluted into a mediocre musical. But the successes have been many and spectacular and they have left a long lasting effect on the American art and culture.
James Conroy argues that laughter in serious topics has been regarded through the ages as dangerous, deviant, and subversive; yet equally as refreshing, challenging, and constructive. Political humor is extensively used in almost all countries, but political satire is perceived differently from one country to another. The research question is as follows: what factors make political satire an effective tool that affects politics and policy? I argue that humor is more influential when blended with serious topics, such as international relations or politics. Laughter is a great means to put serious topics under the lenses of critical thinking. The use of humor, and political satire specifically can bring about serious political change. Humor can play all sorts of roles in the political process through being informative, educational and influential while keeping its captive entertaining
Overall this production was very interesting and well performed. It was somewhat enjoyable to the audience, there were times of boringness but the comedy kept the play interesting. The director did a great job of putting everything together and as a result everything was on point. The only thing to say that would better the play is to make the play more interesting to the audience so that the audience does not get tired of watching.
The Restoration Period, lasting from roughly 1660 until 1710, was a time of renewed interest in the theatre due to European monarch Charles II’s revival of the theatrical scene in England, Scotland and Ireland. While the Restoration Period is a broad term coined for the renewal of the English monarchies and leaders in these areas, Restoration theatre, and more specifically a comedic style of theatre that came to prominence with explicit content known as Restoration Comedy, were important aspects of the period until its end in 1710. The history, stage setups, subject matter and style, major actors and their innovations, and major playwrights, of Restoration comedy are all important to the understanding of the Restoration Period as a whole.
However, in this ballet concert, the choreographer had designed the scenes to be more like a comedy. The movement of the sisters are more amusing than cruel. For example, when they pulled each other for being eager to dance with the prince, or when they tried to hurt and bully the Cinderella, these movements are not that cruel but amusing. Even the stepmother was drunk and danced comically in the prom scene. Moreover, the movements of all the girls who wanted their feet to fit in to the ballet shoe which Cinderella had dropped in the prom are also very funny. These kinds of design successfully made the audience laugh out loud and without hurting the hearts of the little girls who went to see the performance with their
You can find wide varieties of these crude pieces on the internet, and it is not uncommon to hear them in the hallways of schools, or whispered among students and followed by unjustified giggles. Attempting to lighten the seriousness of things such as sexual assault or terrorism is not comedy, no matter what people may say. Comedy is about laughing with the people being mocked, not lessening the seriousness of their situations. When we try to make ‘jokes’, we must keep one thing in mind: comedy is about laughter and joy. A joke is only funny when it is not blinding us to the reality of cruel