Some Like It Hot Humor

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The film Some Like It Hot at first seemed like a risky film due to its sense of humor and the many innuendos that it makes. However, this film quickly gained popularity due to all of the elements of a farce that are present throughout the film. Some of the elements of a farce that are applied to Some Like It Hot include disguise, humor and innuendo, a fast paced plot, and broadly stylized performances. Some Like It Hot seems to revolve around disguise due to the fact that two of the main characters, Daphne and Josephine, are actually men disguised as women. After witnessing a murder, Joe and Jerry join a female band to help them in their rush to leave town. Disguised as women, we watch them try to conceal their identities and blend in as …show more content…

It is hard to follow the plot of Some Like It Hot, because the plot keeps moving on to different things. We first are shown Jerry and Joe trying to run away from mobsters after witnessing a murder, but then the plot then moves on to focus around the troubles of the two men trying to stay disguised as women very quickly. Then add in Sugar as a love interest for Josephine, then Joe taking on another disguise, Osgood becoming enamored with Daphne, Jerry accepting Osgood’s proposal as Daphne, the plot goes on. There are so many changes and things happening that at times it is hard to keep up. The final aspect of a farce that is applied to Some Like It Hot that I am going to talk about is the broadly stylized performances. Some of the stylized performances in this film are meant to mock/ mimic some of the other movies that were around during this time. In the beginning, when the mobsters were shooting the other guys it was a very theatrical performance that wasn’t very realistic. The scene was meant to mock/ mimic the other mobster movies from that period that had the elaborate shooting scenes with the sparks shooting out of the gun and everything. We also get a chase seen at the end when Sugar runs to catch up with Josephine, aka Joe, who is departing on the yacht with Daphne and

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