Category: Western ( genre ) comedy films

The first two films in the series are considered horror classics and are credited with spawning the " horror comedy " genre.

The comedy genre can be considered the oldest film genre ( and one of the most prolific and popular ).

Sci-fi comedy films, like most hybrid genre of comedy use the elements of science fiction films to over the top extremes and exaggerated science fiction stereotypical characters.

Since the turn of the millennium, notable successes among cult and midnight movies have been Donnie Darko ( 2001 ), the 2001 comedy Wet Hot American Summer, an absurdist parody of the pre-MTV summer camp genre, and the comic book adaptation Ghost World.

Category: Western ( genre ) comedy films

He wrote sentimental plays, Le Fils naturel ( 1757 ) and Le Père de famille ( 1758 ), accompanying them with essays on theatrical theory and practice, including " Les Entretiens sur Le Fils Naturel " ( Conversations on The Natural Son ), in which he announced the principles of a new drama: the ' serious genre ', a realistic midpoint between comedy and tragedy that stood in opposition to the stilted conventions of the classical French stage.

Perhaps the most clearly formulaic plots characterize the romantic comedy genre ; in a book or film labeled as such, viewers already know its most basic central plot, including to some extent the ending.

In Europe the more restrained type of comedy was developed in substantial quantities in France, with the films of Max Linder for Pathé representing the summit of the genre from 1910 onwards.

Also considered Spaghetti Westerns is a film genre which combined traditional western ambiance with a Commedia all ' italiana-type comedy ; films including They Call Me Trinity and Trinity Is STILL My Name !, which featured Bud Spencer and Terence Hill, the stage names of Carlo Pedersoli and Mario Girotti.

A more analogous case is that of the screwball comedy, widely accepted by film historians as constituting a " genre ": the screwball is defined not by a fundamental attribute, but by a general disposition and a group of elements, some — but rarely and perhaps never all — of which are found in each of the genre's films.

However, because of the diversity of noir ( much greater than that of the screwball comedy ), certain scholars in the field, such as film historian Thomas Schatz, treat it as not a genre but a " style ".

The film was based on a stage play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, and along with Frank Capra's It Happened One Night ( released the same year ) is considered to be the defining film of the screwball comedy genre.

In 1940 Hawks returned to the screwball comedy genre with His Girl Friday, starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell.

Harold and Maude was acknowledged as the ninth best film in the romantic comedy genre.

The comedy horror genre almost always inevitably crosses over with the black comedy genre.

These groups are not especially interested in comedy, either as a technique or as an effect, but rather in expanding the improv genre so as to incorporate techniques and approaches that have long been a legitimate part of European theatre.

After Clan Undead's 1997 work Operation Bayshield built on the earliest Quake movies by introducing narrative conventions of linear media and sketch comedy reminiscent of the television show Saturday Night Live, the New-York-based ILL Clan further developed the genre in machinima through works including Apartment Huntin ' and Hardly Workin '.

In these early Baroque operas, broad comedy was blended with tragic elements in a mix that jarred some educated sensibilities, sparking the first of opera's many reform movements, sponsored by Venice's Arcadian Academy which came to be associated with the poet Metastasio, whose libretti helped crystallize the genre of opera seria, which became the leading form of Italian opera until the end of the 18th century.

A comedy of manners film satirises the manners and affectations of a social class, often represented by stock characters.

The plot of the comedy is often concerned with an illicit love affair or some other scandal.

The anarchic comedy film, as its name suggests, is a random or stream-of-consciousness type of humour which often lampoons a form of authority.

There is no consensus definition of this film style, and it is often loosely applied to slapstick or romantic comedy films.

Much like comedy-horror, black comedy, or dark comedy, is a type of comedy film that often uses cruelty as the source of humour.

Indeed, between parody, satire and such subgenres as romantic comedy, comedy as a whole often relies on either formulaic elements, or the mocking of such elements.

The characters and situations were often thinly-disguised parodies of recent real events and real people, giving the show's comedy a black edge.

Radio drama and comedy continue, often on public radio.

The various episodes of the show are performed in the spirit of outrageous comedy — often provoking shocked laughter — and are dominated by the anarchic clowning of Mr. Punch.

He says that the “ verbosity of the Plautine prologues has often been commented upon and generally excused by the necessity of the Roman playwright to win his audience .” However, in both Menander and Plautus, word play is essential to their comedy.

Indeed, the play itself is often seen as borrowing heavily from or even being based on the Plautine comedy Miles Gloriosus.

Risus ( Latin for “ laughter ”) is a comedy game ( often described by its creator as a " joke game ") and uses a cliché ( character class ) system inspired by the broad " career scale " skills in Greg Gorden's DC Heroes RPG ( Mayfair Games ), and later influenced by Atlas Games ' Over the Edge.

Both UK and Australian soap operas feature comedy elements, often by way of affectionate comic stereotypes such as the gossip or the grumpy old man, presented as a sort of comic foil to the emotional turmoil that surrounds them.

Elements of classic screwball comedy often found in more recent films which might otherwise simply be classified as romantic comedies include the " battle of the sexes " ( Down with Love, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days ), witty repartee ( Down with Love ), and the contrast between the wealthy and the middle class ( You've Got Mail, Two Weeks Notice ).

The Coen Brothers often include screwball elements in a film which may not as a whole be considered screwball or even a comedy.

Sometimes it appears as a genuine tool, but often it is parodied – for example, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy text adventure game included tools such as the ultra-plasmic awl, and the BBC Radio 4 science-fiction comedy Nebulous offered the sonic crowbar.

His scripts feature black comedy and often end with a dark tragicomic twist.

The show featured mostly older Hollywood action and comedy films, often those made by Paramount Pictures.

The release of nearly all their films on DVD by 2010 has allowed critics of Joe Besser and Joe DeRita — often the recipients of significant fan backlash — to appreciate the unique style of comedy both comedians brought to the Stooges.

Suspension of disbelief often applies to fictional works of the action, comedy, science fiction, and horror genres.

Street performers often include juggling and comedy in their shows.

Céline's writings are examples of black comedy, where unfortunate and often terrible things are described humorously.

Take It From Here ( often referred to as TIFH, pronounced — and sometimes humorously spelt — " TIFE ") was a British radio comedy programme broadcast by the BBC between 1948 and 1960.

Another memorable sketch involved Snow scheduling an unsuspecting Blackman to perform stand-up comedy at a nursing home, with humorously disastrous results.

There are novelty and comedy numbers ranging from the mildly risqué ( Ragamuffin Romeo, which features contortionistic dancing that provides an excuse for intimate views of frilly underwear ) to the humorously sadomasochistic ( the second chorus of I Like to Do Things for You ) to the simply silly ( I'm a Fisherman ).

The duo also performed a live comedy skit that notably and humorously featured Fuji messing up lines ( including " how about some tropical stuff " instead of " topical stuff ").