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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδία, komodia) 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 remarkably influenced by the political satire performed by the comic poets at the theaters. The theatrical genre can be simply described as a dramatic performance which pits two societies against each other in an amusing agon or conflict. Northrop Frye famously depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old", but this dichotomy is seldom described as an entirely satisfactory explanation. A later view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions that pose obstacles to his hopes; in this sense, the youth is understood to be constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to take recourse to ruses which engender very dramatic irony which provokes laughter. Much comedy contains variations on the elements of surprise, incongruity, conflict, repetitiveness, and the effect of opposite expectations, but there are many recognized genres of comedy. Satire and political satire use ironic comedy to portray persons or social institutions as ridiculous or corrupt, thus alienating their audience from the object of humor. Satire is a type of comedy. Parody borrows the form of some popular genre, artwork, or text but uses certain ironic changes to critique that form from within (though not necessarily in a condemning way). Screwball comedy derives its humor largely from bizarre, surprising (and improbable) situations or characters. Black comedy is defined by dark humor that makes light of so called dark or evil elements in human nature. Similarly scatological humor, sexual humor, and race humor create comedy by violating social conventions or taboos in comic ways. A comedy of manners typically takes as its subject a particular part of society (usually upper class society) and uses humor to parody or satirize the behavior and mannerisms of its members. Romantic comedy is a popular genre that depicts burgeoning romance in humorous terms, and focuses on the foibles of those who are falling in love. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What comedy thing should I do for youtube? Q. I want to start a new comedy thing for youtube. I've heard that I'm funny and I want to do something different-so that everyone can see. I want to do a comedy thing but something that hasn't been created yet. Any ideas you guys have on how to go on-what type of comedy? What comedies do you guys like and why? Asked by Creativity - Wed Jun 24 00:36:27 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Here is what I did Answered by George - Wed Jun 24 00:50:12 2009 What is that old comedy show about 3 men parents and 3 girls? Q. There was an old comedy show about 3 men that became parents and have to try and take care of 3 girls. What is that called and where can I watch videos of it? Asked by Tiffany N - Sun May 10 13:37:41 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. ur definatly talking about full house: danny tanner (bob saget)'s wife, pam, was just killed in a car accident & he asks his musician bro-in-law, jesse cochran/katsopolis (the oh so hott john stamos) & comidian best friend, joey gladstone (dave coulier) to move in with him & help him raise his three daughters: dj (candace cameron), stephanie (jodie sweetin) & michelle (mary kate & ashley olsen) lasted 8 seasons Answered by tmonster81 - Sun May 10 22:35:01 2009 Looking for a contemporary comedy scene from a play for a male and female?
Q. Looking for a contemporary comedy scene from a play for a male and female, we are both college students that could play up to early thirties. I would prefer we played twenties - but anything works at this point. Thanks. Asked by Kate Rose - Tue Sep 23 18:41:31 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. How about one of the Bruce and Charlotte scenes from Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang? Answered by SAT Girl - Wed Sep 24 20:14:12 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "comedy" Comedy has a popular meaning (stand-up, along with any discourse generally intended to amuse), which differs from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in Ancient Greece. The theatrical genre can be simply described as a dramatic performance pitting two societies against each other in an amusing agon or conflict. Comedy contains variations on the elements of surprise, incongruity, conflict, repetitiveness, and the effect of opposite expectations, and there are many recognized genres. Sourced
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