COMEDY CONTEXT

Question 1

What is satire?

Answer 1

humour, irony, exaggeration and ridicule

Question 2

What type of Italian comedy might you draw from?

Answer 2

Comedia Dell’arte

WHY?
Influence on creating architypes in comedy

Question 3

What are two high status stock characters?

Answer 3

1. Old miser

2.Doctor

Question 4

What is lazzi/ what are lazzo?

Answer 4

Physical or verbal gags

Question 5

What is slapstick?

Answer 5

exaggerated physical activity that exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy

Question 6

What is Farce?

Answer 6

comedic dramatic work using bafoonery and horseplay including crude characterisation and ludicrously improbable situations

Question 7

What is a stock character that pretends to have high status?

Answer 7

show off

Question 8

What is the highest of the low stock characters?

Answer 8

clown

Question 9

What are two examples of low status stock characters?

Answer 9

1. harlequin
2. servant

Question 10

What is comedia Dell’arte?

Answer 10

Popular Italian comedy form that originated in the 16th century