Unit 4 - Challenge of Comedy

the type of humor that is focused primarily on the situation or series of events

• high comedy

• low comedy

the type of humor that is focused primarily on characters, dialogue, or ideas

• high comedy

• low comedy

comedy such as Dumb and Dumber, Bridesmaids, and America's Funniest Videos

• low comedy

• high comedy

comedy such Saturday Night Live, The Office and The Simpsons

• low comedy

• high comedy

humor that includes clever wordplay, wit, and pointed remarks regarding larger issues

• low comedy

• high comedy

comedy that results in guffaws and outbursts of laughter

• low comedy

• high comedy

purpose is to express an opinion, to persuade, or to promote deeper consideration of an idea

• high comedy

• low comedy

a form of comedy that uses humor, irony, or exaggeration to expose and criticize issues in society...to poke fun at a larger issue in a witty, clever way

Example: The Simpsons

• low comedy

• high comedy

a technique used by artists and writers, places normally unassociated ideas, words, and phrases next to one another for effect

• opposites

• juxtaposition

• satire

• irony

the voice of character speaking or narrating a story

Example: Jerry Seinfeld talking about Halloween

• narrator

• persona

• point of view

• the man from the moon