Essays on Comedy

As you Like It is one of Shakespeare’s famous comedy plays. More specifically pastoral comedy, which refers to work dealing with shepherds and rustic life; it presents an idealized view instead of a realistic view of rustic life. The film version, from 1963, was essentially…

Believed to be one of William Shakespeare’s most impressive comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a visionary and comical tale; nevertheless, its poetic lines convey and incorporate a message of love, reality, and magic. However, the play uses characters to portray helpful life lessons, potentially…

There are social norms in every culture. How we act is often dependent on the society around us. This is true for cultures throughout the world and throughout time. In “Shakespearean Comedy” Katherine Eisaman Maus argues that some characters challenge the status quo throughout the…

Moliere’s The Imaginary Invalid is full of specific references to 17th Century France, and could be alienating for a contemporary audience. By setting the play in the current-day United States, with an emphasis on the health care system, and huge gaps between social classes, The…

Satan was in town last night, and he will be back next Sunday. Yes. You heard right. There is a stage play in town titled Satan: A Dark Comedy written and directed by Joy Isi Bewaji. This play which happens to be her first theater…

The comedy genre has existed for as long as we can remember and has consistently released many hilarious films since the dawn of its day. Some of my personal favorites in this genre are the films 21 Jumpstreet and We’re the Millers. Both of these…

When we analyze the genre of situational comedy (referred to as sitcom) it can be said that this is one of the more popular genres in television and it is known for a number of generic conversations. Some of these conversations include sarcasm, cracking a…

Explore the ways in which the conventions of the comedy genre are established in the first two acts of The Taming of the Shrew While it may make contemporary audiences uneasy, The Taming of the Shrew complies with all the main conventions of a Shakespearean…

Mammia Mia!: The Movie, is a film inspired by bouncy pop group ABBA tunes. In the movie, the songs was sung mostly by the main characters is soothing to the ear, and from my own opinion, some of my few favorite songs amongst the soundtrack…

At first glance, Michael Moore’s “Where to Invade Next” seems to be a comedic movie based on the insanity of U.S history, but it turns out to be a powerful film filled with a humanizing vision of better solutions, possibilities on how the US shares…