Essays on Comedy Page 3

The episode Fresh Hare of the Loony Tunes is a classic interactive situation between a white, ambitious, American named Elmer FUD and Bugs Bunny, the comical, laid- back, carrot-eating bunny rabbit. It entirely involves Elmer trying to catch the UN- catchalls Bugs while Bugs sets up obstacles and traps for Elmer to amuse himself and…

Leonard Alfred Schneider, also known as Lenny Bruce, was a comedian, philosopher, and drug addict. Despite being a conventional Jewish child from Long Island, he fearlessly joked about sensitive topics such as homosexuality, drugs, religion, and race. Some argue that he paved the way for modern-day comics, but he faced consequences for being ahead of…

Among the most common elements of a film is comedy. In essence, like almost any other element, comedy plays a unique role in enabling film as a form of art to meet its objectives, particularly that of entertainment. In this regard, comedy as both an artistic and cinematic element mainly functions to attract the attention…

On March 8th, 2020 I went to see. Love Quest was written by Mary Maguire and Steven McGraw. This romantic comedy is about the journeys of two women, Kate Crawford and Brook Davis, in the perilous world of online dating. The Theatre Jax cast includes Sarah Boone (Kate), Anna Hobbs (Meagan), Sara Beth Gerard (Brook),…

Webster’s dictionary defines a sitcom as “a radio or television comedy series that involves a continuing cast of characters in a succession of episodes”. A sitcom is a television show which is focused on funny situations over a plot, however structure still matters. A good sitcom should have the protagonists choice to pursue a goal…

Nowadays, our life provides with all things that easily access in many ways, we can take from television, film, radio, newspapers and the internet. Those lists can be categorized into media tools, which useful to communicate messages to audiences in the world. As we have known, in recent years Korean wave has drawn out our…

Britain is famous for its sense of humor, much like France is renowned for its cuisine and wine. If asked to describe British humor, people from outside the United Kingdom would likely mention jokes from Monty Python or quotes from Fawlty Towers. Among all the traits, positive or negative, that the English are known for…

Molieres neoclassic comedy, Tartuffe, is a prime example of his expertise in the comedic technique. The plot is one that keeps the reader or viewer interested and aware. It begins with Madame Pernell visiting her sons house and reprimanding all of them but their boarder, Tartuffe. She believes Tartuffe is a man of astounding character….

In my opinion, a genuine hero possesses traits such as steadfast courage, nobility, faith, valor, hope, motivation, and bravery. A hero is an individual who selflessly assists others and is truly worthy of admiration. They are someone who fights for or undertakes actions for a noble purpose. Being a hero entails stepping up and actively…

Tartuffe was written in the era of Louis XIV, the Sun King, a time when France was arguably the greatest nation in the Western world and a time when the intellectual and aesthetic development of society was in a stage of development called the Baroque. It was a time of excess and a time of…