RTA 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Billie Mae Richards, Protestantism, Fourth Wall
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Funny is subjective (things that are funny here aren"t found funny everywhere or by everyone) Highbrow: verbal and character based and includes knowledge or current events and culture. Lowbrow: stereotypes, scatological (eg. dumb frat jokes) Multiple cameras in a live studio audience. Funny people or segments in drama to relieve tension. At the end of the episode everything resets and the next episode is a fresh start and a new story. Workplace: lives of co workers in a single workplace. Dad, mom, smart sister, funny brother ----- or the workplace equivalent. A controverted or studied characteristic or business taken on my the actor eg. greek/roman history of comedy: Character is revealed by the choices made when faced with a moral issue. But characters stay consistent which become well known to audiences. Talking cross purposes: saying something and being misunderstood and thus hilarity ensues. Started 1925: as two white men playing two black men in black face.
