Slapstick is a type of comedy Comedy as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in Ancient Greece. In the Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was involving exaggerated physical violence and activities which exceed the boundaries of common sense[citation needed]. These hyperbolic Hyperbole, from ancient Greek "ὑπερβολή", meaning excess or exaggeration) is a figure of speech in which statements are exaggerated. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally. With the word hyperbole it can also mean an exaggerated feeling about something depictions are often found in children's cartoons, and light film comedies aimed at younger audiences.
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Origins
The phrase comes from the battacchio—called the 'slap stick In music, a whip is a type of musical instrument played by a percussionist that is used in modern orchestras, bands, and percussion ensembles. The instrument is designed to imitate the sound of a bullwhip crack, without the attendant safety and space limitations' in English—a club-like object composed of two wooden slats used in Commedia dell'arte Commedia dell'arte is a professional form of theatre that began in Italy in the mid-16th century, and was characterized by masked "types," the advent of the actress, and improvised performances based on sketches or scenarios. It continued its popularity in France during the 17th century, and evolved into various configurations across. When struck, the battacchio produces a loud smacking noise, though little force is transferred from the object to the person being struck. Actors may thus hit one another repeatedly with great audible effect while causing very little actual physical damage. Along with the inflatable bladder (of which the whoopee cushion is a modern variant), it was among the earliest forms of special effects The illusions used in the film, television, theater, or entertainment industries to simulate the imagined events in a story are traditionally called special effects that could be carried on one's person.
History
While the object from which the genre is derived dates from the Renaissance The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Florence in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historic era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not uniform across Europe, this is a general use of the, theater historians argue that slapstick comedy has been at least somewhat present in almost all comedic genres since the rejuvenation of theater in church liturgical dramas in the Middle Ages[citation needed]. (Some argue[weasel words] for instances of it in Greek and Roman theater, as well.) Beating the devil off stage, for example, remained a stock comedic device in many otherwise serious religious plays. Shakespeare William Shakespeare [a] was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon".[b] His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of 38 plays,[c] 154 sonnets, two long narrative also incorporated many chase scenes and beatings into his comedies. Building on its later popularity in the nineteenth and early twentieth-century ethnic routines of the American vaudeville Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill. Types of acts included popular and classical musicians, dancers, comedians, trained animals, magicians, female house, the style was explored extensively during the "golden era" of black and white, silent movies directed by figures Mack Sennett Mack Sennett was a Canadian -born Academy Award-winning director and was known as the innovator of slapstick comedy in film. During his lifetime he was known at times as the "King of Comedy." and Hal Roach Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer from the 1910s to the 1990s and featuring such notables as Mabel Normand, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Buster Keaton Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton VI was an American comic actor and filmmaker. Best known for his silent films, his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face", Norman Wisdom Sir Norman Wisdom OBE is a retired English comedian, singer, songwriter, actor and musician, Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE was an English comedian actor and film director. Chaplin became one of the most famous actors as well as a notable filmmaker, composer and musician in the early to mid Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. He was famous also for his great sense of humor and slapstick comedy skills, Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy was one of the most popular comedy teams of the early to mid Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. Composed of thin, English-born Stan Laurel and heavy, American-born Oliver Hardy (1892–1957) they became well known during the late 1920s and the 1930s for their work in motion pictures and also appeared on stage throughout, the Keystone Kops, and the Three Stooges The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act of the early to mid–20th century best known for their numerous short subject films. Their hallmark was physical farce. Slapstick is also common in animated cartoons The word cartoon has various meanings, based on several very different forms of visual art and illustration. The artists who draw cartoons are known as cartoonists such as Tom and Jerry Tom and Jerry is a series of animated theatrical shorts created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that centered on a never-ending rivalry between a housecat and a mouse (Jerry) whose chases and battles often involved comic violence. Hanna and Barbera ultimately wrote and directed one hundred and fourteen Tom and Jerry and Looney Tunes Looney Tunes is a Warner Brothers animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theaters from 1930 to 1969. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and is Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. The regular Warner Bros. animation cast also became known as the "Looney Tunes".
Slapstick continues to maintain a presence in modern comedy that draws upon its lineage, running in film from Buster Keaton Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton VI was an American comic actor and filmmaker. Best known for his silent films, his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face" to Mel Brooks to the Farrelly Brothers The Farrelly brothers, Peter and Bobby (b. June 17, 1958), are screenwriters and directors of ten comedy films, including There's Something About Mary; Dumb and Dumber; Kingpin; Me, Myself & Irene; Shallow Hal; Stuck on You; Osmosis Jones; Fever Pitch (also known as The Perfect Catch outside of America) and The Heartbreak Kid, and in live performance from Weber & Fields to Jackie Gleason Herbert Walton Gleason, Jr. , baptized as John Herbert "Jackie" Gleason, was an American comedian, actor and musician. He was known for his brash visual and verbal comedy style, especially by his character Ralph Kramden on the sitcom The Honeymooners. His most noted film role was Minnesota Fats in The Hustler to Rowan Atkinson Rowan Sebastian Atkinson is a British comedian, actor and writer, famous for his work on sitcoms such as Mr. Bean, Blackadder, The Thin Blue Line and his voiceover work in Walt Disney's The Lion King. He has been listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy, and amongst the top 50 comedy acts ever in a 2005 poll of.
See also
- Laughter Laughter is an audible expression or appearance of happiness, or an inward feeling of joy . It may ensue (as a physiological reaction) from jokes, tickling, and other stimuli. Strong laughter can sometimes bring an onset of tears or even moderate muscular pain
- Slapstick film
- Wacky Comedy film Anarchic comedy is a genre of cinema using nonsensical, stream-of-consciousness humor. Films of this nature stem from a theatrical history of anarchic comedy on the stage. Jokes and visual gags are utilized, usually in a non sequitur manner that eschews narrative for sheer absurdity. Like farce, anarchic comedy uses wildly exaggerated characters
- Physical comedy
- Stage combat Stage combat is a specialized technique in theatre designed to create the illusion of physical combat without causing harm to the performers. It is employed in live stage plays as well as operatic and ballet productions. The term is also used informally to describe fight choreography for other production media including film and television. It is
References
External links
- "What's the Origin of Slapstick?" The Straight Dope The Straight Dope is a popular question-and-answer newspaper column published in the Chicago Reader, syndicated in thirty newspapers in the United States and Canada, as well as being available and archived at the Straight Dope website - straightdope.com, 1 March 2005.
- "Slapstick." Answers.com, 2008.
- Dirks, Tim. "Comedy Films." filmsite.org, 1996-2008.
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A. The style is better for teachers to use with grade-school kids. They need to be engaged with the material, so having them identify with the bee and imagine themselves being eaten by a spider raises their level of interest. In general, though, the American style is to sensationalize everything. Torg
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