Friday, July 01, 2011

Characteristics of Comedy

CWK


This is a list of things found in comedy/comedies. Sometimes, only one of these characteristics shows up. Sometimes a mix.



Characteristics of Comedy
Confusion/Disorder
-Multiple Meaning
-Double entendre
-Ambiguity

Grotesque
Deformity
Un-Ordinary
Unspeakables
Lightness
Surprise
Incongruity
Absurdity
Hyperbole
Meiosis
Litotes
Harmless Pain
The little guy 
Play
Non-sense
Disguise
Mistaken Identity
Loss of Identity
Deception
Falling
Physicality
Poetic Judgment
Poetic Justice
Poetic Injustice
“in the know”- revelation of audience v. ignorance of character
Reversal
Redemption/Restoration
Questions Authority
Social Integration/Unity
Comic Timing
Stock Character/StereoType
Circumlocution

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