When I saw previews of Funny People on TV, the advertising made me believe that it was going to be a comedy. This was the use of genre film. Most people expected it to be a comedy because of the previews, the title, the actors, and the history of Judd Apatow movies. However, after actually seeing the movie, I didn’t think it was a comedy so much. With George Simmons health issue and his personal life with his ex lover, him not being a good family man, and him falling off as a comedian, I thought it was more of a serious film with funny parts added to it.
Seriously, The Joke is Dead 1 The essay “Seriously, the Joke is Dead,” written by Warren St. John, discusses how jokes have changed over time. Warren is basically saying that jokes are not the way they used to be. Back then they had jokes with beginning punch lines like “So I walked into a bar” or “So I went to my parents the other day.” Today’s humor is more of people just saying mean things about other people. At first, and at some points I was confused about what the author meant when he said “the joke was dead.” He got off topic sometimes, overall the piece was good. It was actually kind of funny.
It could be amusing to the audience as it highlights the absurdity of the situation. Also, in the same scene, Frank does not get Rita’s joke about him being named after the quality who is Frank Ness, Eliot’s brother who was the famous ‘Chicago copper’ who caught Al Capone. Frank thought Rita meant T.S Eliot. The audience may feel superior to Frank, as they may understand the joke so this would be amusing to them. Professor Dan Rebellato states that: “we laugh at something because we feel superior to it”.
Also, Andy has a secret agenda to see if he can put a spark in his mom’s romantic life by possibly crossing paths with an old flame of hers. Going into this movie, I didn’t have very high expectations which probably explains why I was pleasantly surprised. The Guilt Trip is far from a cinematic masterpiece but it has its tender moments that most anybody can relate to. My favorite aspect of this movies is how it didn’t shy away from the moments of sadness or regret. It’s easy for actors to stage pratfalls and speak profanity.
Him being drunk in this scene allows Shakespeare to develop his character both positively and negatively through an example of malapropism. He mishears a question asked of him by Olivia and ultimately confuses the word ''lethargy'' with ''lechery.'' Although the result of this is comic, it is also quite a crude joke and is an example of 'bad comedy'. This shows that Toby has a rude, inappropriate side to him. The reader second guesses their first opinion of him and sees a selfish side to him, as he is drunk at his cousins funeral with no regards to other peoples feelings.
The performers portrayed their characters to perfection. I can’t imagine the difficulty of having to act, sing and dance, especially when the chorography was so fast & complicated. I really liked Officer Krupke and Doc: like two opposite kinds of adults: Krupke who distrusts & dislikes the kids (but is pretty funny), and Doc who is sympathetic. Of the gang kids I liked Riff the best: the actor was really good & I like that character. He reminds me a bit of my brother (which isn’t necessarily a good thing) Anita was great: she brought a touch of humour to the otherwise tragic story.
The Byrnes, however, are straight, too concerned and conservative. All of actors give an outstanding performances and the script of the movie is quite good too, it wouldn't be a lie to say that you'll feel like laughing in every scene. No matter how rude or crude references it has in it, "Meet The Fockers" is also incredibly funny. You'll be definitely cracking up. It's one of my favorite movies and indeed one of those rare comedies that are funny throughout the whole time and you can never get tired of.
Howard then goes on rambling about how stupid they are and how they’d never leave this wilderness alive without him. Dobbs and Curtin are so confused by the rant that Howard goes on that they look at each other in utter confusion. At the end of the rant Howard whips out The Laugh accompanied by a classic dance where we stamps his feet and swings his arms around merrily. Immediately all of Dobbs and Curtin’s seriousness in the situation goes out the window and the audience is forced to laugh at Huston’s character’s very strange yet witty humor. The second and even more hilarious encounter with The Laugh is at the very end of the film.
Also how he went from drawing small animations to drawing animations for hit movies like Madagascar, wall-E, Shrek ect.. seeing Noahs art work for walle and all the scetches he had done and what they turned into in the end was amazing. He told us how at points he would have to change a sign in a skecth many times till it was finialized. The least interesting part of the art lecture with Noah would have to be when he showed us some pastel painting which didn’t seem so interesting as well as his air paintings. Some work seemed as if it was very time consuming while others didn’t seem that way at all. The main part of the lecture that surprised me was his skectches for the movie wall-E, he showed us a whole profolio for Wall-E and the actual work he had done in the movie and how so many drawings took place in the movie for just a couple of seconds.
He had a hard time keeping his head above water. The second stanza starts off with “Poor chap, he always loved larking.” Chap might relate to a British origin and to lark means to frolic, or a harmless prank. This man was a jolly man who appeared to everyone as a funny man that carried himself well. If u look back in history, many comedians that appeared to have it all where in fact having a hard time staying above water. Maybe suffering from depression or insecurities or just felt overwhelmed with life in general.