Based solely on what I’ve heard and my common understanding of comedies, I fully expect Noises Off to be a humorous and farcical peace. I’m the most excited to see how Noises Off plays to the expectations I have set forth for a comedy piece. I’m interested to see how the play takes a hold of comedy and in what direction the jokes are going to go. Will the jokes be sexual innuendos, satirical, musical comedy, insults, spoofs? Who knows! That’s the beauty of theatre, and its many avenues of expression. I have full faith Noises Off will display and satisfy most, if not all, of these possibilities for comedy. I’m personally most anxious to see the display of the characters and how each of them approaches their comedy. Each character can be completely …show more content…
As a farcical comedy, I expect to be thoroughly entertained by the play and all the emotions I have are basically what is expected of a comedy play. I expect joy, humor, and gratification. As a viewer, I hope this show will spark my interest in the genre and make me excited and hopeful for future shows I see in that genre.
After having seen Noises Off, I feel that most of my expectations have been met. As a novice in the world of theatre, I had many high standards for what I feel should be expected of a comedy. I watched the show and almost immediately began to laugh. It was very humorous and enjoyable to watch. The characters all took different approaches in their comedy and it was very funny to hear the forced British accents. At first, I was a bit confused on the structure of the play. It was a play inside a play, and for an untrained mind this can be difficult to comprehend. At the beginning of the play, Lloyd, the
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Though I was at first confused, I thoroughly enjoyed getting to watch that. It indirectly allowed me to become a part of the play. Brooke and Gary while onstage experience this fully functioning improvisation of their roles even when none of their dialogue flows, they make it work. This is not only seen with Brooke and Gary but with the entire cast at the end of the play. It was one of the most humorous moments of the entire play. Once all had fallen through and the characters were fighting off backstage feuds, the play fell apart. It was at that moment, most of my expectations for the play had been met. The humor of the play was at its peak, the emotions of all the characters was running high, and the audience was fully engaged into the actions. The second and third acts were both equally entertaining. Coming into the play, I honestly had high expectations but at the same I didn’t fully understand what to expect. During the intermissions, I found myself constantly wanting more from the play. It was almost as if I didn’t want it to end. I never thought in my wildest dreams a play where the word sardines is thrown around like it’s apart of everyday language would make me want to observe theatre and
My least favorite aspect of this play was the ending. The ending confused me and was anticlimactic. It was not funny and not entertaining at all.
I felt that the characters were allowed to be themselves in this scene compared to the other acts. In Act 2, the characters were at work that called for them to have a professional mindset, even though they were familiar with each other. The director had the most professional mind set, yelling for order and keeping her employees working, however, she was never standoffish with the other members of her crew.
Not knowing what this play was about, I went to go see it Wednesday after noon at Holyoke Community College in the Leslie Phillips Theater. I had many mixed emotions about this play. I thought some parts were very funny, but others were a little uncomfortable because of some racia...
This major production for Venice Theater was a success in my opinion. It was well worth doing; as I cant remember a moment that was not full of laughter from the audience, as this play kept everyone on the edge of their seats. They did a fantastic job finding actors and actresses who did outstanding with their rolls. Any escapist would thoroughly enjoy this production.
...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 conclusion, this production was one of my favorites that I had ever seen. The storyline was interesting and intense throughout. The designers and actors brought the message across perfectly, which made the play a great success. There were a lot of messages portrayed in this play; however, I believe the most important would be the need for justice. It is important to give the people a fair trial and that it is dangerous to be stereotypical in life.
The classic film 42nd Street (1933), directed by Lloyd Baken, follows the coming-of age story of breakout Star Peggy Sawyer in Julian Marsh 's Pretty Lady musical production at the height of the Great Depression. Marsh needs to make enough money for retirement and is on the edge of another nervous breakdown. According to Chapter 3 entitled "Musicals," classical Hollywood Musicals are a form of escapist entertainment, coping with war, depression, and re-building. Most importantly, they were constructed to be pleasurable for film viewers and thus it was vital that the narrative resolved. In the lecture, Gillian states that the classical narrative counters verisimilitude, the appearance of realism. The ideological subtext of the Hollywood Musical
Overall there was a strong script with excellent actors. The performance was very funny. There was a well designed set and costumes. The performance I saw influenced my opinions on theatre in general, in a positive way. I will definitely consider using theatre for my future entertainment(closing paragraphs are hard).
I feel like if I was able to tell people what the jest of the jokes were while watching people would appreciate the play a bit more than if they didn’t know anything about it. Overall though this is a great Broadway adaption from nothing pretty much, and Will Ferrell really solidifies his role as one of the world’s funniest actors and comedians at the same time. Looking back, America was a good place and we were pretty safe after 9/11, it was great looking back on those eight years of his presidency, and we can only hope the next president can deliver something special
seemed to turn the play into a comedy at times: but some can say that
Even though the characters did the opposite of what was expected and were quite amusing, the audience could relate to them because, before all the surprises were revealed the audience saw the characters as ordinary people. Once the “skeletons'; came out of the closet, the audience realized that euthanasia, homosexuality, alcoholism and affairs are problems that all levels of class face. This realization brings the audience closer to the characters and the circumstances presented on stage.
The first instance of ambiguity between comedy/drama begins directly at the beginning credits of the film, with the brilliant shot of a uniform waltzing party, in carousel motion, or a perfect circle. From my perspective, I was unable to recognize w...
Laughter is an interesting topic. Mainly because of the lack of thought that goes with it as to why we laugh. In an article titled Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic by Henri Bergson, the theory behind why things are funny is explored. He mentions many different things in his article pertaining to the comic, however, there are a few that stand out more than others. He talks directly about the fact that things are only funny if they relate to humans. Then he touches on the idea that accidents are funnier than planned events. Finally, he speaks on laughter being directly related to social setting. The 1992 film Noises Off is a perfect demonstration of everything that Bergson writes about. Henri Bergson’s essay on laughter is perfectly supported by the film Noises Off.
Mental illnesses are common amongst people who have experienced trauma in their earlier years of life and have not developed certain life skills or have been through traumatic experiences through life. It affects the ways a person lives and communicates with others and it also separates them from reality. People can be harmful to others and harmful to themselves. All illnesses are different and are different for all individuals. The movie The Voices depicts a man with a psychotic disorder that affects his relationships with other.
The play defies easy definition and various critics have labeled it variously as absurdist, existentialist, comical, burlesque, metaphorical or grim. The playwright on the other hand maintained that all through the creation of his work he strove to bring in the comic element and any tragedy that seems part of the play, may have crept in inadvertently and whenever it has been staged as a serious play, audience reaction to it has been cold.