Comedies

Comedies are happy dramatizations that are meant to make people laugh. The condition, the language, the activity, and the characters are all parodied in the comedic drama genre. Comedy provides entertainment and a brief break from the daily grind by observing the shortcomings, flaws, and frustrations of life. The two genres that are best at conveying humor are screwball comedy and satire. In order to build an analysis of the traits of both genres, we will use the two movies Some Like It Hot, a screwball comedy, and Born Yesterday, a satire. An example of a screwball comedy is the film Some Like It Hot, by Billy Wilder, which was released in 1959 in the United States. This comic drama and a romantic tale, set in the 1930s amid the prohibition, became famous because of Marilyn Monroe who featured in the film alongside other two lead performing artists Tony Curtis playing Joe (Josephine) and Jack Lemmon playing Jerry (Daphne). The film was shot in the dark in white due to the overwhelming cosmetics that the two male on-screen characters needed to wear when masked as ladies. The story is around two musicians that are compelled to escape from Chicago to Miami keeping in mind the end goal to avoid suspicion by any bootlegging pack. ‘’Some Like It Hot’’ is a story loaded with laughs and gags and also a story of love.

Characteristics of screwball comedy

Generally, in a screwball satire, the majority of the characters are seen as insane and crazy. For the most part, if the greater part of the characters is crazy in a comic drama there is no mean or standard of conduct to which the character is upheld. For example, Some Like It Hot is the narrative of individuals who lie and cheat to con other individuals into bed or out of their money. Nonetheless, in a screwball comic drama most of the characters are ’screwballs,’ however, the standard of lead is still there, and that is the thing that makes the amusing screwball entertaining.

‘’Born Yesterday’’ -Satire

Born Yesterday is about a merciless, boisterous mouthed, scrap metal head tycoon, Harry Brock, who lands in Washington to buy a Congressman or two with expectations of boosting his business. His company incorporates his past showgirl love who he accepts is merely a stupid blonde (Judy Holliday as Billie Dawn). To make her more presentable in high society, Harry hires a journalist (Paul Varrell, to teach her. Sinking herself in American history with Paul as her guide, Billie and the group of onlookers comes to understand the energy of control on account of the individuals who exploit vulnerable individuals for their very own personal gain.

Characteristics of Satire

Satire is a kind of writing that tries to point out to personal lousy habit and foolishness by utilizing humor. It takes a serious issue and “jabs fun” at it to ridicule society. Satire relies on amusingness to achieve social change. At the point when our indecencies are made hilarious, the thought is that it will urge us to change. Born Yesterday is a standout amongst essential comedies to leave the studio framework that mocks the general public. It demonstrates to us how creatives were unafraid to confront the eagerness they found in the world with their specialty. Born Yesterday is an appropriate companion piece to Frank Capra’s Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, a considerably more reluctantly “critical” film that gives similar messages about political evil and the obligation of people to require good administration. The message is ostensibly more intensely bestowed here - sifted through the point of view of the narrow-minded, ruined and scarcely educated Ms. Sunrise - than in the film concentrated on Jimmy Stewart’s persuasive (and intimidatingly moral) Mr. Smith, an “everyman” who is immensely ethically better than most of the audience members.

Satire, frequently, does not go over specific individuals. Instead, is coordinated at society in general, or sorts of individuals in public- politicians, the criminal, the prideful, and so forth. A focal subject of “Born Yesterday” is the elucidation of scholastic work, cultural events, and political undertakings for Billie. This celebration of our exhibition halls, archival institutions, and cultural preservation places is essential. The film uncovers (both narratively and outwardly) the sort of access and engagement with America’s legacy that is each native’s correct, permitting the gathering of people its own particular Billie Dawnlike epiphany.

Satire is frequently inferred. The reader needs to get the humor, or he/she will miss the sarcastic idea of the writing. The fun and irony of the satire are exaggerated, and it is in the exaggeration that individuals are made aware of their foolishness. In the film Born Yesterday most of the film’s humor can be found in Judy Holliday’s excellent depiction of this loud and rude former chorus girl. We laugh at her pranks as we are expected to until we grasp that perhaps we should not be laughing that hard.

Conclusion

Comedy has been around since individuals comprehended the importance of laughing. At the point when there were severe circumstances, individuals would utilize comedic inspiration to give themselves a chance to feel delighted in a period of battle. Fundamentally, a comedic movie will have to compose and coordinating that appear as comedic talk yet, also, incorporate the giggling angle to a comedic film.