TA 147 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Fop

• School: Oregon State University
• Department: Theatre Arts
• Course: TA 147
• Professor: Elizabeth Helman

Document Summary

Wit - fashionable, witty, young rich people mocking others who lack these qualities. Love stories without sentimentality - lots of sex and emphasis on sexual conquests (but without gaining a reputation") Black comedy - horrific comic violence where characters do experience pain. Parody - comic exaggeration of a style or specific work. Satire - comic exaggeration to point out something wrong with society. Teen american police - weird al party in the cia - the prestige. Most comedy works in dual perception, the audience receives it differently than the characters.