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"The comedy of romance"

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==Theories of humor==
*Superiority theories
*Relief or release theories
*Incongruity theories

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 *"anarchic disruption of the norm, manifested in an exhilarating rush of verbal wit and slapstick comedy, the chemistry between the couple having been the catalyst for this comic abundance.”
 **What is the function of slapstick in ''Eve'' and ''Always''?
 *Geoff King and Raymond Durgnat: "The audience laugh with relief that it is not us on the screen, even to the point of feeling '''superior''' to the characters in all their foolishness and humiliation, yet we can laugh with a sense of recognition, or in sympathy with the character with whom we have been aligned.”
 **Did you feel superior to any of the characters in the two films? Was that superiority a source of humor?
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 **What types of disguises are there in ''Eve''?
 **Surprise: "The unexpected gives delight to the spectator, in contrast to the pleasure created by following the predictable narrative path of the genre, applying Barthes's distinction between ''jouissance'' and ''plaisir''. ''Jouissance'' (delight) is an uncontrolled pleasure which is difficult to rationalise, creating a more intense relationship between the film and the spectator."
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 **How does this relate back to Carroll's types of humor?
 *"anarchic disruption of the norm, manifested in an exhilarating rush of verbal wit and slapstick comedy, the chemistry between the couple having been the catalyst for this comic abundance.”
-**What is the function of slapstick in 'Eve'' and ''Always''?
+**What is the function of slapstick in ''Eve'' and ''Always''?
 *Geoff King and Raymond Durgnat: "The audience laugh with relief that it is not us on the screen, even to the point of feeling '''superior''' to the characters in all their foolishness and humiliation, yet we can laugh with a sense of recognition, or in sympathy with the character with whom we have been aligned.”
 **Did you feel superior to any of the characters in the two films? Was that superiority a source of humor?

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 ===The screwball hero===
 *"two main types: the innocent and the father figure.”
-**'Hopsie' Pike (The Lady Eve): "the naive innocent who needs to be guided by a woman in order to find happiness. Yet in turn all of these men have lost their way and need to be transformed by love into fully functioning, emotionally intelligent adults."
+**Hopsie Pike (The Lady Eve): "the naive innocent who needs to be guided by a woman in order to find happiness. Yet in turn all of these men have lost their way and need to be transformed by love into fully functioning, emotionally intelligent adults."
 ***Does this apply to Marcus?
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 *Geoff King and Raymond Durgnat: "The audience laugh with relief that it is not us on the screen, even to the point of feeling '''superior''' to the characters in all their foolishness and humiliation, yet we can laugh with a sense of recognition, or in sympathy with the character with whom we have been aligned.”
 **Did you feel superior to any of the characters in the two films? Was that superiority a source of humor?
 == Texts & resources ==

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 ==Narrative==
 #“Stanley Cavell: "the comedy of remarriage" (from ''Pursuits of Happiness'')
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 **exaggeration
 **displacement; sense of things being out of place, mixed up or not quite right.”
-*How does this relate back to Carroll's types of humor?
+**How does this relate back to Carroll's types of humor?
+*"anarchic disruption of the norm, manifested in an exhilarating rush of verbal wit and slapstick comedy, the chemistry between the couple having been the catalyst for this comic abundance.”
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+**What is the function of slapstick in 'Eve'' and ''Always''?
-File:AlwaysBeMyMaybeqq00 07 50qq00007.jpg|alt=Screenshot from ''Always Be My Maybe''.|''Always Be My Maybe''
+*Geoff King and Raymond Durgnat: "The audience laugh with relief that it is not us on the screen, even to the point of feeling '''superior''' to the characters in all their foolishness and humiliation, yet we can laugh with a sense of recognition, or in sympathy with the character with whom we have been aligned.”
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+**Did you feel superior to any of the characters in the two films? Was that superiority a source of humor?
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 *“crazy and unpredictable, she is capable of throwing a man's life into complete chaos, and has excessive energies and exuberance. In this respect she is a threat to society and needs to be contained by the restraints of marriage."
 **How is the threat of the independent woman contained? Is that containment what you take away from ''The Lady Eve'' or ''Always''?
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-==Theories of humor==
+==Narrative==
-*Superiority theories
+#“Stanley Cavell: "the comedy of remarriage" (from ''Pursuits of Happiness'')
-*Relief or release theories
+#*“...the couple as separated in the initial stages, only to be reunited by the end of the film after discovering that they still love each other"
-*Incongruity theories
+#"...the couple experiencing love at first sight yet being unable to be together, due to factors beyond their control.
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