Comedy quiz well answered already passed

Comedy quiz well answered already
passed

Visual - correct answer ✔✔unexpected to be seen



Auditory - correct answer ✔✔unexpected to be heard



Slapstick - correct answer ✔✔• Holds its roots in the stage, circus, and Vaudeville

• Actually the most ancient form of comedy

• Relies on mild physical violence: bumps to the head, falling down, chases, pies to the face, etc.

• Was most of silent film

• Still very much seen today as parts of larger comedy structure as well as cartoons



Wisecrack - correct answer ✔✔• Came into being with the evolution of sound

• The "joke" comedy: set-up/pause/punchline

• Helped to establish the need of timing in comedy

• Slightly credited with the developing stand-up comedy and stage comedy acts



Screwball - correct answer ✔✔• Come en vogue during the 30s and 40s

• Typically the characters were the eccentric rich who dealt in irrelevant humor, fast-paced
dialogue and action, and eccentric characters

• Concerned with the juxtaposition as well as the battle of the sexes• Intro of the "fast talking
dame"

• What can be called the first versions of the romantic comedy