Comedy Essay Examples and Topics

‘I am that merry wanderer of the night. I jest to Oberon and make him smile’ (Robin. 2.1. 43-47). Puck, a playful and mischievous fairy is known to be Oberon’s jester who enjoys playing pranks on people. Puck is also known for his fun-loving humor,…

 In the short story “A&P” by John Updike, Updike develops a theme of maturation and humbleness. The story is a growth and development story where the main character, Sammy makes the foolish decision to do something he has presumed is an adult thing to do….

The film Mean Girls directed by Mark Waters and written by SNL star, Tina Fey, debut in 2004 and captured a large audience for its comedic storyline. However, the film used comedy and satire to display an important message to the men and mostly women…

Improvisational theatre is a collective action of creating a play – an unscripted form of theatre, where the actors collaborate to produce a spontaneous story. In conventional theatre, the audience usually is a silent spectator, while in improv theatre, it is engaged in making of…

In Divine Comedy, Dante meets a number of characters as he takes his journey traveling in Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. One of the souls he sees at the shores of Purgatory is Cato of Utica. Cato is a Roman military leader and a statesman. The…

The text Vita Nuova is a work specifically to create to express the author’s love for a woman – Beatrice. In this work, Beatrice serves as Dante’s love interest. In fact, a number of scholars note that the text presents Beatrice as an embodiment of…

Sony Pictures had initially planned to release the movie, The Interview in the upcoming holiday season at the time. The film is a satire comedy, centered about a way to assassinate Kim Jong-un, the supreme leader of North Korea. In the weeks prior to the…

While reading Twelfth Night, it was fascinating to see how Shakespeare implemented comedy into the piece. Being the genius that he is, Shakespeare was able to break up comedy in his play into several different types (including physical, verbal, and visual comedy). In doing so,…

The movie It All Happened in One Night is one of the most popular comedies in the mid-twentieth century. The movie involves a spoilt girl, Ellie Edwards, who is caught in the nightmare of marrying the right man with the influence of his father. The…

A sense of humour has been said to benefit physical health in several ways which is important nowadays as humour could be an option for future pain therapy as opposed to using painkillers. Humour effects pain tolerance and looking at the ways in which this…

The early part discusses how radio became popular in 1930s and started surpassing newspaper before World War II. For instance, the book stated that about 90% of American families owned at least one radio set. Therefore, it explains why radio was an essential mean for…

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…

The History of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini Don Giovanni premiered in Prague, the national capitol of the Czech Republic. Wolfgang Amadues Mozart declared his dedication to write the opera during the exuberant opera season of…

Gender-bending films have been a success in the film industry. Part of this success is the masculinized women an audience can see in the film. These “unruly” characters portray non-conformity in their abnormal behavior, which creates a tension that makes the audience laugh. “We laugh…

By the mid 1950s, comedy virtually disappeared from the lists of top-ten moneymaking films. In 1959 it came back and has remained a steady part of America’s film diet ever since. The genre returned with two hit films which typify the extremes in audience tastes:…

The Notion of Travel in She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer is a brilliant comedy that not only entertains but it also delivers moral messages that people lacked at the time. The play is known for the various themes it tackles,…

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…

Where to Invade Next: A Comedy at a Glance 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…

A lot of comedic devices have been used to build the hilarity and story of “The Taming of the Shrew”. They have shown how the shrew can be molded with similar treatment as given. These tools assist in paying attention to the tale and ponder…

Eddie Griffin: Let’s Laugh About Racism Comedy is all about making light out of horrible situations. It’s all about relating to your audience. Stand-Up is one of the best reflections of the impacts of culture on society, reflected upon itself as a form of entertainment….

The Openness of Race in Modern Comedy For many years, comedy has been an American pastime. Similar to film, art, and music, it has been a part of popular culture. Today, comedy continues to be an aspect of popular culture where race and ethnicity are…

Summary The show Impractical Jokers as seen on the reality channel, TruTV is described as a series of “scenes of graphic stupidity among four lifelong friends who compete to embarrass each other.” This fusion of comedy and reality TV features Joe Gatto, known as Joe,…

Entertainment can be found in many sources, one of the main sources of entertainment by today is films and television drams. Movies can take viewers to many levels of emotions, such as happiness, sadness, anger and fear. Since the early days film industry was able…

The Situation Comedy (sitcom) “Friends” is an American television series which first aired in 1994 and ran for 10 seasons ending in 2004. It is one of the most popular TV shows of all time and won many awards. The finale aired on May 6th…

Homunculus’ 20 Lazzis in a Hat, successfully provides audiences with an entertaining Commedia’ dell’ Arte performance as it effectively uses the dramatic languages to convey dramatic meaning that everyone should laugh and have fun in their everyday life. It effectively gives audiences a basic insight…

Introduction In ‘10 Things I Hate About You’, filmed in 1999, Bianca (Larisa Oleynik), a popular high school sophomore who wears designer clothing, longs for a social life, but her father will not let her date until her older sister Kat (Julia Stiles), the most…

Jon Richardson is an English Comedian who is famous for being in the comedy panel game 8 Out of 10 Cats and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. He is also known for being a co-host on BBC 6 Music with Russell Howard. Jon…

Defining the group of individuals who are more drawn towards dark humour. According to a study known as “Cognitive Processing” conducted by Ulrike Willinger, a neurologists at the University of Vienna, it was found that those who appreciated dark humour were among those with high…