Simply Comical
Many examples in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? suggest the film is a classical comedy. Some elements of a comical film include massive confusion, mistaken identities, errors in judgment, and excessive behavior. When such traits are exploited it leads to chaos and choices need to be made. The use of exaggerating characteristics to real life creates a humorous effect, for instance in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” Furthermore, the film “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” is an example of a romantic comedy because it involves chaos, massive confusion, and two lovers.
Mr. Leo wrote this piece not only for informative purposes, but also to convince a particular audience that, whether intentional or not, characters have taken on harmful images some may find offensive. He is not speaking only to his fairly educated, loyal readers, but also to those who may have taken part in producing the movie. Mr. Leo makes visible to his readers what he believes to be stereotypes in the film. People may not have noticed these before, so he makes clear definitions and comparisons. To the rest of the audience, those who had a hand in making the movie, he makes a plea not to redevelop these characters in future films.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail In Monty Python and the Holy Grail, logic is used in an unfamiliar way. This logic does not deal with the nature of life, but deals with the more complex forms of logic that require the filling of blanks to make things work out. Although, for the most part, certain things did not make sense, but yet they did express logic. They used environmental attributes to make sense of the complexities they faced.
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:
An author of a book plays a crucial part in the novel’s creation. The book tells you a little a bit about the author, his or her creativity and lastly their intellectual capacity. The author of the book The Princess Bride is William Goldman. Goldman was born August 12, 1931 in Chicago, Illionis, U.S. Goldman is a novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He got his BA degree at Oberlin College in 1952 and his MA degree at Columbia University in 1956. William Goldman had published five novels and had three plays produced on Broadway prior to writing his screenplays. Two of his notable works include his novel Marathon Man and comedy-fantasy novel The Princess Bride, both of which Goldman converted to film. William Goldman has been an influence to other authors such as: Stephanie Meyer, Dean Koontz, and Joesph Finder. People who were an influence to Goldman were: Irwin Shaw, Ingmar Bergman, and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
The films Young Frankenstein and One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest can be viewed as a critical analysis of society’s issues and dysfunctions in the form of satire and parody using humor. While Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks cinematic version of the gothic novel, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, uses parody in the form of Horatian satire, which is achieved through gentle ridicule and using a tone that is indulgent, tolerant, amused and witty. The film One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the adaptation of the Ken Kesey novel, uses a form of satire called Juvenalian satire which is demonstrated in the form of attacks on vice and error with contempt and indignation. Horatian satire will produce a humor response from the reader instead of anger or indignation as Juvenalian satire. Juvenalian satire, in its realism and its harshness, is in strong contrast to Horatian satire (Kent and Drury).
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...
Film genres help familiarize the audience with the film’s plot. Professor Jon Sufrin, in his lecture at York University, defines genre as “[the] grouping of texts with similar distinct and reoccurring patterns of writing (i.e. Romance, Western, […] etc.)” (Sufrin). The audience finds comfort in this pattern of reoccurring themes, character tropes, plot progressions, and general elements. As a result, many films follow the genre’s conventions with little to no deviations from the plot tropes. One genre of film that rarely deviates from its predictable patterns is the romance film genre.
Comedy films are films designed to make the audience laugh. A common characteristic of comedy is an exaggeration of events, which is done to provide further amusement to viewers. Comedies also tend to have happy endings, keeping in line with the general light-heartedness of the genre. Some movies may even take typical frustrations experienced by most viewers and portray them in a non-serious manner. As with all movies, comedies contain at least one conflict. These conflicts may be caused by numerous events, such as an exaggerated misunderstanding or a case of mistaken identity. Comedy allows the audience to “take a break” from the hassles of life and enjoy a couple hours of pure amusement (Dirks, 2017).
Over the years, distinct themes have carried on through the romantic comedy genre, the most prevalent being boy meets girl, boy loses girl, and boy gets girl back. Even though the main theme in romantic comedy is still considered to be the same today as when the genre emerged, roles and ideas have shifted to reflect the ever changing American culture. The expression of gender dominance and social status in film has mirrored what the American people have experienced throughout time to keep drawing audiences to the theatre . This is evident from the subgenres spawned from romantic comedy which are screwball comedy, sex comedy, modern american romantic comedy,
This is a film that makes you laugh of things that can in no way be described as
The film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, was directed by Robert Zemeckis and released in 1988. This film is quite different than the films I usually watch because I am not a big fan of cartoons, however, it was a pretty decent film. The film immediately begins with a cartoon scene full of color and disaster. As the cartoon scene ends, there is a very noticeable difference in the colors of the setting. The cartoon characters were so bright and colorful compared to the shadowy “real life” setting. The wardrobe of the actors were also very dull and unpleasant compared to the bright colors of the cartoons. I do not know if this is entirely true, but it seems like the “bad” cartoon characters were not as bright and full of life
The Role of Rational Thinking in Alice’s Identity Crisis. Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland follows the story of a young Alice trapped in the world of Wonderland after falling down through a rabbit hole. The rabbit-hole, which is filled with bookshelves, maps, and other objects, foreshadows the set of rules, the ones Alice is normally accustomed to, that will be defied in Wonderland. This conflict between her world and Wonderland becomes evident shortly after her arrival as evinced by chaos in “Pool of Tears” and Alice brings up the main theme of the book “was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different.
Classic narrative cinema is what Bordwell, Staiger and Thompson (The classic Hollywood Cinema, Columbia University press 1985) 1, calls “an excessively obvious cinema”1 in which cinematic style serves to explain and not to obscure the narrative. In this way it is made up of motivated events that lead the spectator to its inevitable conclusion. It causes the spectator to have an emotional investment in this conclusion coming to pass which in turn makes the predictable the most desirable outcome. The films are structured to create an atmosphere of verisimilitude, which is to give a perception of reality. On closer inspection it they are often far from realistic in a social sense but possibly portray a realism desired by the patriarchal and family value orientated society of the time. I feel that it is often the black and white representation of good and evil that creates such an atmosphere of predic...
I am very happy to watch. As it continues, I noticed the sudden change of moods of the film, I mean, for example after a funny moment it was followed by a sad, romance, and serious moment. In the funny moment, I saw how the director of the film uses farce as a form of comedy. For example, there were many instances in which I saw Gilbert (Herbert Bautista) was being bullied, beaten, mocked, and laughed and many other things done by his friend to him. Sometimes, I saw him riding a bicycle and suddenly hit a trash can. And also when he was hit by a ball after he was circumcise. Second, I also noticed the funny reactions or behaviour of the characters, one of the examples is Tonton (Martin Martinez), his reaction was very extremely funny when he was answered by Rosa (Yayo Aguila). He seems like a dancing duck.