Divine Comedy

considered to differ all types of comedians. There is an ample amount of different qualifications for the various types of comedians. Everyone loves to enjoy a good laugh, but he or she probably does not realize that there are all kinds of different comedy genres. One of the many types of comedians can be classified as the physical comedian. The physical comedian has a form that uses various body gestures and also involves any physical movement. This type of comedian likes to clown around and…

The sandlot Have you ever heard of the sandlot ? This movie is a good movie. Because of the director David Evans. There was a new boy that moved into the town. His name was Scotty Smalls but they called him smalls.When they got on the baseball field Smalls was trying to prove his stuff but he had never learned how to play catch. So he failed everyone of them started to laugh. Except for one person Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez or Benny for short and that is how it all got started. Smalls…

Hey guys, I was assigned as a dog, so I will argue that Griffith is wrong that the jokes he’s been reading in Iliad and Odyssey aren’t really there. Griffith provided several passages in the Iliad that involved humour to exam the humorous in Greek Epic, however, these jokes seem not exist if we interpret them in another aspect. The scene in Book Nineteen, lines 380b-424 that when Achilles returns to the battle after the death of his best friend. Achilles blames the horses for his own failing…

In the modern movie White Chicks, it demonstrates characteristics of a Shakespearean comedy, which include attributes such as mistaken identities, complex plots, use of puns, and happy endings for everyone involved in the work. The story of two brothers, Kevin and Marcus Copeland fulfilling their job as FBI agents easily demonstrate all of these qualities in the movie. Shakespeare’s hard work and dedication is shown throughout numerous books and movies, and will continue to live on for many…

The Italian Renaissance Theatre was from 1400 to 1620. It housed many operas and plays. The most popular performance was the Commedia. This was Farce, or low comedy. It was also known as slapstick for in some of the plays and actor would beat up another with a stick. The stage was designed to be disassembled easily, and was decorated with paintings. In many of the plays mask would be used such as ones you would find in a masquerade ball. Famous characters are categorized as The servants of…

Living ironically is as problematic as Wampole says. One of Wampole's objections to ironic living is how with this new technological age we create a distance between ourselves and those around us. Wampole has us to question whether we are sincere about our actions or words when we interact with people. "Do I communicate primarily through inside jokes and pop culture references? What percentage of my speech is meaningful? How much hyperbolic language do I use?"(Wampole) I believe most of the…

The Bad Boy, the Troublemaker, the Rebel, the young delinquent with a heart of gold; all undoubtedly some of America’s favorite tropes. Americans have a soft spot for the Bad Boy who is really a Good Guy. Such characters are prevalent throughout America’s entertainment culture and history. From Johnny Depp’s Cry-baby Walker, to Judd Nelson as Bender in The Breakfast Club, and Harrison Ford’s Han Solo, Americans swoon at the first sight of a brooding glare, and go weak in the knees at the…

mental illness and teen suicide. By doing so, she raises awareness while helping to end the stigma to these topics. Yang does comedy and fights racism, especially towards asians, and yellow fever in her routines. However, not all comedians are funny. Amy Schumer is a well known “comedian”, but she is racist, believes in “reverse racism,” and uses stereotypes in her “comedy.” A example of this is when she compares the mentally ill character, Amy Dunne, from the movie Gone Girl ‘s actions to…

“Quadre” I’ve always loved children, and I am under the impression that the feeling is mutual, especially in my work in the church nursery, mentor programs, summer camps, and a volunteer trip to an African orphanage this summer. I like kids, particularly younger ones, because they are straight-forward; unconcerned with things like status, appearance, and reality; and have the best senses of humor by accident. Quadre, a young boy I met while volunteering at a school, was no exception to those…

The author Tina Fey in her excerpt Bossypants, uses comic irony, situational irony, and the incongruity theory of humor to reveal that negative experiences can result in positive outcomes. Throughout the story, comic irony was most evident in the people’s dialects. For instance when Tina Fey refers to the people that ask her about her scar just because “ it’s so beautiful” as “disgusting.” Usually when somebody sympathizes with you and calls a mark on your body beautiful you are grateful,…