Kevin Landers-The Grotesque Frank Reynolds
The idea of grotesque comedy sticks out to me because it is not something I typically enjoy. That said, the readings by Bakhtin and Umberto… Read More »Kevin Landers-The Grotesque Frank Reynolds
Blog Post 4 (due 5 PM Monday 6th February)
Bakhtin / Eco / Parvulescu
Maddie Cornetta – Women Against Etiquette
In accordance with the Anna Parvulescu’s reading, the film Wild Child produced comedy through the same disruption of etiquette as seen in Daisies. In this… Read More »Maddie Cornetta – Women Against Etiquette
Isabel Burney – Roseanne & the Two Maries as Unruly Women
While thinking about Daisies and the carnivalesque, I was reminded of an article I read analyzing Roseanne Barr as an “unruly woman” (Rowe 203). Having… Read More »Isabel Burney – Roseanne & the Two Maries as Unruly Women
Emily Moreland – Umberto Eco’s “Humour” and The Death of Stalin
Initially, I thought that the passage from Umberto Eco’s book entitled ‘Carnival!’ contradicted the Mary Douglas reading from last week as Eco states that “the… Read More »Emily Moreland – Umberto Eco’s “Humour” and The Death of Stalin
Nicholas DiCorpo – The Grotesque Image and Kenny from South Park
A central point in Mikhail Bakhtin’s Rabelais and His World – grotesque realism – has significant implications on extreme forms of comedy seen today. Grotesque… Read More »Nicholas DiCorpo – The Grotesque Image and Kenny from South Park
Caroline Vandis — Permission to Laugh
I thought that the Parvulescu reading about laughter in the world of Daisies really speaks to the ideas of laughter as a community that we’ve… Read More »Caroline Vandis — Permission to Laugh
Umberto Eco, Carnivalism and Genre
(p.5) It was perhaps in this passage of Umberto Eco’s essay on Frames of comic freedom in which I found most intrigue this week. Eco makes… Read More »Umberto Eco, Carnivalism and Genre
Anastasia Norenko – The Broken Frame in ‘Seven Psychopaths’
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’
Emily Taylor- Tim and Eric’s World of Grotesque Degradation
Tim and Eric’s ‘D Pants’ (2009) embodies (pardon the pun?) Mikhail Bakhtin’s notion of grotesque degradation as associated with the carnivalesque. In late-stage capitalist society,… Read More »Emily Taylor- Tim and Eric’s World of Grotesque Degradation
Hana El Hilaly – The Minions and Crime.
The concept within the readings that I found the most entertaining in this week’s reading was that by Umberto Eco, “Comic pleasure means enjoying the… Read More »Hana El Hilaly – The Minions and Crime.