Essays on Comedy

“Parks and Recreation” is a television sitcom that revolves around political satire in the United States. The show aired between 2009 and 2015and was made by Michael Schur and Grag Daniels (Moyer). It is centered on star Leslie Knolpe with the plot set in the fictional town located in Indiana....

George Carlin describes soft language as mild terms that are used by people to cope with life problems is a sugarcoated way. Carlin states that “Americans have trouble facing the truth, so they invent the kind of a soft language to protect themselves from it.” Soft language can also be...

Comedy on College Campuses Flanagan holds that the comedy that can be performed at contemporary college campuses are the ones that entertain the crowds and make them enjoy without offending even a single student. These comedians involved are those who understand political correctness and know the sensitive areas that should not...

Classic and Modern Interpretation of Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Error" Classic becomes classic when it survives from one generation to the other constantly winning favor among the people. Moreover, current artistes tend to base their works on classical works such as poems, plays, drawings, and novels among others. A typical example...

Television Comedy: Different Genres and their Descriptions Television comedy exists in different genres depending on the source of humor, the delivery method, as well as the delivery context. Many comedians can fit into several genres therefore the classifications tend to overlap to meet the needs of different fans. Comedy can be...

Sketch Comedy and Improv Sketch comedy and improv are works of art which are often theatre-based. They, however, have a few differences, the first one being that sketch comedy revolves around a script, whereas improv is unplanned. While characters in sketch comedy know what follows during the event of the production,...

The introduction of Ha! The Science of Why We Laugh by Scott Weems begins with a humorous anecdote regarding innovative comedian Lenny Bruce and sustain a high level of humor across the book, largely spanning a minor difference between revelation and entertainment (Weems 11). The author claims humor and its...

The Rhetoric of Humor The book of The Rhetoric of Humor by Kirk Boyle describes the questions which revolve around the central concept of comedic writing and the sense of humor among people. Additionally, the author states the relevant places to make when people laugh as well as the situations when...

Judd Apatow's comedy "Knocked Up" was written and directed by him. In June of 2007, the picture was released. Seth Rogen (Ben Stone), Katherine Heigi (Alison Scott), Leslie Mann (Debbie), Paul Rudd (Pete), and John Segel (Jason), among others, play characters in the film. It chronicles the lives and relationships...

The film entitled “Gifted” The film entitled “Gifted” is a comedy-drama genre film about a 7-year old female Mary Adler who possesses special intellectual abilities. Mary Adler and Frank Her mother, Diane committed suicide when Mary used to be only six months old, and Frank, Diane’s brother and Mary’s uncle becomes the little...

Sterile Cuckoo is an American comedy film by Paramount Pictures that was released in 1969. The film tells the story of two young couples who have experienced indifference and inadequacy in their relationship. In particular, the Sterile Cuckoo movie is based on two main characters, Mary Ann Pookie and Jerry...

Anything in the family The TV series produced by Bud Yorkin and Norman Lear is one of the most popular situation comedy (sitcom) in American history. The TV series aired on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) television network between January 1971 and April 1979, during which nine seasons of the series...