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BRITISH COMEDY AND HUMOUR

BRITISH COMEDY AND HUMOUR. “ It is clear that humour is far more superior than humor.” – Oscar Wilde. BRITISH COMEDY: THE FOUR S’S. STAND-UP COMEDY SKETCH SITCOM SATIRE. STAND-UP COMEDY.

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BRITISH COMEDY AND HUMOUR

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  1. BRITISH COMEDY AND HUMOUR

  2. “It is clearthathumour is • far more superior than humor.” • – Oscar Wilde

  3. BRITISH COMEDY: THE FOUR S’S • STAND-UP COMEDY • SKETCH • SITCOM • SATIRE

  4. STAND-UP COMEDY • a comedicstyle in which a comedianperforms in front of a live audience, speakingdirectlytothem • “bits” (short jokes, humorousstories) • oneliners • monologue (sometimes: interaction)

  5. RUSSELL HOWARD

  6. SKETCH • a short comedic scene performedby a group of comic actors or comedianseither on stage or throughan audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting • in succession

  7. MONTY PYTHON’S FLYING CIRCUS

  8. SITCOM • situation comedy • genre of comedy that features characterssharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompaniedwith jokes as part of the dialogue

  9. THE OFFICE

  10. SATIRE • a comedic genre thatinvolvescriticism of society • by means of parody, irony, sarcasm, pastiche or caricature

  11. BLACKADDER

  12. TOOLS OF COMEDY • word puns • irony • sarcasm • understatement • hyperbole • absurdist humour • slapstick • dark/black humour

  13. PAIR WORK • Pick a joke / tool of comedy • Tell the joke toyourneighbour • Guess which ‘tool of comedy’ is usedandwriteit down

  14. 1. UNDERSTATEMENT • Willy Wonka: Do you like my meadow? Try some of my grass! Please have a blade, please do, it's so delectable and so darn good looking! • Charlie Bucket: You can eat the grass? • Willy Wonka: Of course you can! Everything in this room is eatable, even I'm eatable! But that is called "cannibalism" my dear children, and is in fact frowned upon in most societies.

  15. 2. ABSURDIST HUMOUR / WORD PUN • A man is waiting on the bus. Another man walks by and yells: “Hey, get off that bus!”

  16. 3. ABSURDIST HUMOUR / WORD PUN • Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He’s all right now!

  17. 4. HYPERBOLE • If I can’t get a Smartphone, • I will die.

  18. 5. DARK / BLACK HUMOUR

  19. 6. IRONY • This chair is as comfortable as sitting on nails.

  20. 7. SLAPSTICK

  21. 8. WORD PUN • Need an ark to save two of every animal? I noah guy.

  22. 9. DARK / BLACK HUMOUR • How do the children from Chernobyl count from one to hundred? • On their fingers!

  23. 10. ABSURDIST HUMOUR • Two wolves go for a walk. One of them asks: “Can I walk in the middle?”

  24. 11. IRONY / WORD PUN • A man died in his living room!

  25. 12. SARCASM • When something you have put a lot of effort and heart into goes very bad and someone swings the following at you: “That was a catastrophic success.”

  26. 13. HYPERBOLE • That new car costs a bazillion dollars.

  27. 14. WORD PUN • I decidedthatbecoming a vegetarian was a missed steak.

  28. 15. UNDERSTATEMENT • "It's just a flesh wound." • (The Black Knight, • after having both arms cut off, • in Monty Python and the Holy Grail)

  29. 16. WORD PUN • A dyslectic man walks into a bra.

  30. 17. DARK / BLACK HUMOUR • What do you call a black priest? Holy shit.

  31. 18. IRONY • He's as nice as a lion to his prey.

  32. 19. IRONY • Two marriage therapists got divorced from each other.

  33. 20. ABSURDIST HUMOUR • Two penguins are sitting on a fridge. One penguin asks: “Can I push you off?”. The other responds: “Hell no!”

  34. 21. SARCASM • I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.

  35. 22. ABSURDIST HUMOUR • 'Get to your places!' shouted the Queen in a voice of thunder, and people began running about in all directions, tumbling up against each other; however, they got settled down in a minute or two, and the game began. Alice thought she had never seen such a curious croquet-ground in her life; it was all ridges and furrows; the balls were live hedgehogs, the mallets live flamingoes, and the soldiers had to double themselves up and to stand on their hands and feet, to make the arches. • (FromAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll)

  36. 23. DARK / BLACK HUMOUR • A womandelivers her baby. The doctor takes the baby, andthrowsit, smashingaround the hospital room, drop-kickingit, etc. The mother starts freaking out, being held back by nurses, begging "WHYYYY!!??". Doctor holds baby upside down by the ankleandsays "I'mjust messing withyou, it was born dead."

  37. 24. UNDERSTATEMENT • "I have to have thisoperation. It isn'tveryserious. I have thistinylittle tumor on the brain."(Holden Caulfield in The Catcher In The Rye, by J. D. Salinger

  38. 25. WORD PUN • Knock knock! Who’s there? Doris! Doris who? Doris locked that’s why I am knocking!

  39. 26. UNDERSTATEMENT • "I wouldn't say it tasted great" - on absolutely terrible food.

  40. 27. DARK / BLACK HUMOUR • Sinceitstartedtorain, mywifecan’t stop lookingthrough the window. Ifitwill start pouring down, I’mafraid I will have to let her inside.

  41. 28. ABSURDIST HUMOUR • Twostrawberries are in a jar of jam. Oneasks: “Can I sitby the window?”

  42. 29. UNDERSTATEMENT • After trekking more than 700 miles through the African wilderness, Henry Morton Stanley found David Livingstone, the only other white European in central Africa at that time. Stanley is credited with greeting Livingstone with the phrase "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”

  43. 30. WORD PUN

  44. ASSIGNMENT • Form groups of 2 or 3 pupils • Re-enact a sketch of yourchoosing (2 – 5 min)

  45. ASSIGNMENT • Giveanintroductiontoyour sketch! • Where does itcomefrom? • Whydidyouchooseit? • Which background info does youraudienceneed?

  46. ASSIGNMENT • Rubric • Language proficiency (5) • Performance (5) • Introduction (5)

  47. ASSIGNMENT • Next lesson • Bring a transcript of your sketch • Ifneededyoucanadjust the text, addcharacters, elements, etc. • Useyourimagination, youcan do anythingyou want basically!

  48. ASSIGNMENT • Next lesson • = preparationlesson • Lessonafterthat • = actual performance

  49. ASSIGNMENT • SUGGESTIONS (SKETCH SHOWS) • Little Britain • Smack the Pony • Monty Python • Green Wing • The TwoRonnies • A Bit of Fryand Laurie • Benny Hills Show • French andSaunders • Not the NineO’Clock News

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