In his article on the ethnicity of humour, Simon Critchley writes that “Humour is local and a sense of humour is usually highly context-specific. Anyone… Read More »Anastasia Norenko – Chandler’s Jokes and Ethnic Humour
When I think about horror comedies or just humorous horrors, what immediately comes to mind is parody films, such as Scary Movie franchise, films with… Read More »Anastasia Norenko – Horror Comedies and Animated Monsters
While I was reading the chapter by Adam Kotsko, I found his notion of awkwardness having a “fundamentally social character” to be quite interesting in… Read More »Anastasia Norenko – Awkwardness in Play It Again, Sam
While I was reading Jack Babuscio’s description of the term camp and its relation to certain film genres and styles, it reminded me of the… Read More »Anastasia Norenko – 8 1/2 and Camp Aesthetics
Umberto Eco states that comedy begins when we see how characters break rules or violate socially acclaimed order. At the same time, Eco writes that… Read More »Anastasia Norenko – The Broken Frame in ‘Seven Psychopaths’
In her chapter on jokes, Mary Douglas describes the role of the joker as a “minor mystic” and “one of those people who pass beyond… Read More »Anastasia Norenko – Trainwreck and Joker at the Funeral
https://youtu.be/aRq1Ksh-32g “The repetitious aspects of his (Chaplin’s) performance – the squared – off turns, the hackneyed flourishes of the arms-were just as amusing as the… Read More »Anastasia Norenko – Repetitive Gag
Tom Gunning states that a mischief gag in early comedies required “a preparatory action” which was “undertaken with a very precise aim in view. The… Read More »Anastasia Norenko – Mischief Gag in Home Alone