Based solely on what I’ve heard and my common understanding of comedies, I fully expect Noises Off to be a humorous and farcical peace. I’m the most excited to see how Noises Off plays to the expectations I have set forth for a comedy piece. I’m interested to see how the play takes a hold of comedy and in what direction the jokes are going to go. Will the jokes be sexual innuendos, satirical, musical comedy, insults, spoofs? Who knows! That’s the beauty of theatre, and its many avenues of expression. I have full faith Noises Off will display and satisfy most, if not all, of these possibilities for comedy. I’m personally most anxious to see the display of the characters and how each of them approaches their comedy. Each character can be completely …show more content…
As a farcical comedy, I expect to be thoroughly entertained by the play and all the emotions I have are basically what is expected of a comedy play. I expect joy, humor, and gratification. As a viewer, I hope this show will spark my interest in the genre and make me excited and hopeful for future shows I see in that genre.
After having seen Noises Off, I feel that most of my expectations have been met. As a novice in the world of theatre, I had many high standards for what I feel should be expected of a comedy. I watched the show and almost immediately began to laugh. It was very humorous and enjoyable to watch. The characters all took different approaches in their comedy and it was very funny to hear the forced British accents. At first, I was a bit confused on the structure of the play. It was a play inside a play, and for an untrained mind this can be difficult to comprehend. At the beginning of the play, Lloyd, the
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Though I was at first confused, I thoroughly enjoyed getting to watch that. It indirectly allowed me to become a part of the play. Brooke and Gary while onstage experience this fully functioning improvisation of their roles even when none of their dialogue flows, they make it work. This is not only seen with Brooke and Gary but with the entire cast at the end of the play. It was one of the most humorous moments of the entire play. Once all had fallen through and the characters were fighting off backstage feuds, the play fell apart. It was at that moment, most of my expectations for the play had been met. The humor of the play was at its peak, the emotions of all the characters was running high, and the audience was fully engaged into the actions. The second and third acts were both equally entertaining. Coming into the play, I honestly had high expectations but at the same I didn’t fully understand what to expect. During the intermissions, I found myself constantly wanting more from the play. It was almost as if I didn’t want it to end. I never thought in my wildest dreams a play where the word sardines is thrown around like it’s apart of everyday language would make me want to observe theatre and
This major production for Venice Theater was a success in my opinion. It was well worth doing; as I cant remember a moment that was not full of laughter from the audience, as this play kept everyone on the edge of their seats. They did a fantastic job finding actors and actresses who did outstanding with their rolls. Any escapist would thoroughly enjoy this production.
I felt that the characters were allowed to be themselves in this scene compared to the other acts. In Act 2, the characters were at work that called for them to have a professional mindset, even though they were familiar with each other. The director had the most professional mind set, yelling for order and keeping her employees working, however, she was never standoffish with the other members of her crew.
Not knowing what this play was about, I went to go see it Wednesday after noon at Holyoke Community College in the Leslie Phillips Theater. I had many mixed emotions about this play. I thought some parts were very funny, but others were a little uncomfortable because of some racia...
“You’ve gotta have love to have life, and you’ve got to have life to have love life… that’s what they call a vicious circle.” (Wilder 49). … Being as you go back in time in this act, the stage manager starts at a street cart selling things. Walking on the street to the cart that sells ice cream and things, the stage manager is the one serving it as if he is in the play once again. Feeling that the stage manager wants to have a more significant role in the play, saying this maybe he should’ve signed up to be something besides the stage manager. If he would’ve did this then most likely it would be harder for me to identify breaking the fourth wall. Now after explaining how Emily and George got to the stand selling ice cream. Hello, George. Hello, Emily.- What’ll you have?- Why, Emily Webb,- what you been crying about? The stage manager previously interacted between the scenes in act I, the stage manager is still talking to the audience while being in the play. Stage manager works with the faucets, since he is now part of this scene in the play. Talking with the characters, audience he claps his hands as a signal, saying now we’re ready to go to the wedding. in this act the stage manager thinks he has a right, since he's the minister of the wedding he can say more about it. Talking about weddings and all, the stage manager states that he has performed several in his lifetime. After performing the ceremony, the kissing part was enough. He pushes them off the stage, they lean back and shout a few more cat calls. “He looks at the audience for the first time…”pg.77 This is saying that he hasn't looked at the audience before, knowing he has and has also interacted with them this isn't very true. The stage manager doesn't necessarily take the same effect on ending the second act the same way as act I. Beginning act III, this act isn’t a very happy. Actually this act is
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...dness but comedy was used as an emotion. When Michael was going to make a "citizens arrest" at the banks, there was comedy there, sort of like sarcasm which is known to sway a person's thoughts if it is funnier in the sense. The whole movie really shows a lot of emotions and tries to persuade our thoughts on the government with it.
The dynamics were played out excellently by the use of unity of time, place, and action. The climate was heated and so too were the members of the jury as the story progressed. The characters grew to understand each other and the audience learns more and more about the individuals. Perhaps, the motive for that said characters verdict or backstory on the matter. A few characters were highly stereotypical and the actors did a worthy job in portrayed them as accurately as possible. For such a short production, it was an extremely elaborate one. The absence of an intermission also played an important role in keeping the audience submerged in the action. The use of the thrust stage made the acting and situation feel more real. The message was powerful and received well by the audience.
I feel like if I was able to tell people what the jest of the jokes were while watching people would appreciate the play a bit more than if they didn’t know anything about it. Overall though this is a great Broadway adaption from nothing pretty much, and Will Ferrell really solidifies his role as one of the world’s funniest actors and comedians at the same time. Looking back, America was a good place and we were pretty safe after 9/11, it was great looking back on those eight years of his presidency, and we can only hope the next president can deliver something special
One of my favorite scenes of this production was at the end when all the characters were on the dark stage with a candle. As Otto Frank tells how each character died, they blew out the candle symbolizing their passing away. I felt a wave of emotion during this moment because throughout the play, I, as an audience member, connected with each character. Rather then a curtain call at the end of the production, the audience was allowed a moment of silence to reflect on the
The classic film 42nd Street (1933), directed by Lloyd Baken, follows the coming-of age story of breakout Star Peggy Sawyer in Julian Marsh 's Pretty Lady musical production at the height of the Great Depression. Marsh needs to make enough money for retirement and is on the edge of another nervous breakdown. According to Chapter 3 entitled "Musicals," classical Hollywood Musicals are a form of escapist entertainment, coping with war, depression, and re-building. Most importantly, they were constructed to be pleasurable for film viewers and thus it was vital that the narrative resolved. In the lecture, Gillian states that the classical narrative counters verisimilitude, the appearance of realism. The ideological subtext of the Hollywood Musical
seemed to turn the play into a comedy at times: but some can say that
Overall there was a strong script with excellent actors. The performance was very funny. There was a well designed set and costumes. The performance I saw influenced my opinions on theatre in general, in a positive way. I will definitely consider using theatre for my future entertainment(closing paragraphs are hard).
Even though the characters did the opposite of what was expected and were quite amusing, the audience could relate to them because, before all the surprises were revealed the audience saw the characters as ordinary people. Once the “skeletons'; came out of the closet, the audience realized that euthanasia, homosexuality, alcoholism and affairs are problems that all levels of class face. This realization brings the audience closer to the characters and the circumstances presented on stage.
The first instance of ambiguity between comedy/drama begins directly at the beginning credits of the film, with the brilliant shot of a uniform waltzing party, in carousel motion, or a perfect circle. From my perspective, I was unable to recognize w...
The only humor I got was from lines and the funniest person I heard was Professor Willard (Gary Mitchell). The audience is led through the entire play by the Stage Manager, Cory Venable. He literally talks to the audience between every scene, explaining what is going on in the story. I thought Mr. Wilder did a good job of having a Stage Manager do this. The Stage Manager tells and tells the story of a young girl growing up and facing death, even after death.