THE 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Dignity, Upper Class, Ken Ludwig
23 Mar 2017
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Forms of theatre: to find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now. Greek tragedy: the most extreme form. Realism: what were mostly used to, tragedy-comedy. Individual: for the comic world, human dignity, in the face of the struggling nobly. The2000 page 1: for the comic world. Comedy represents men as worse than they are. Tragedy represents them as better: henri bergson. Nothing is comic outside of what is exclusively human. Laughter needs company: we laugh more in a group. Psychological theories: establishment of superiority: smile replaces the animal snarl. Human derives from the weakness of others. Surprising, illogical, or unexpected juxtaposition of ideas/situations. Farce: lend me a tenor (1989) ken ludwig. The2000 page 2: lend me a tenor (1989) ken ludwig, extravagant plot (anything can happen, exaggerate characters (no psychological truth, slapstick, quick transformations, concealments/discoveries, sex, the hangover, dumb and dumber, wedding crashers.
