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   What was the earliest comedy film?

   • The short L’Arroseur Arrosé (or The Sprinkler Sprinkled) from 1895 is often cited as the earliest surviving comedy film. This one-minute tableau directed by one of the Lumière Brothers sees a gardener that gets pranked by a mischievous boy into spraying water in his own face.

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   Is comedy a movie?

   • Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film, and it is derived from classical comedy in theatre. Some of the earliest silent films were slapstick comedies, which often relied on visual depictions, such as sight gags and pratfalls, so they could be enjoyed without requiring sound.

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   What was comedy like in the 1950s?

   • With the 1950s, the comedy genre welcomed the comic duo of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (who starred in films such as 1955’s, You’re Never Too Young ), but was largely characterized by an era of sanitized, formulaic, courtship romantic comedies, such as Pillow Talk (Gordon, 1959).

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   What is a comedy genre?

   • Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium.

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2. blogs.libraries.indiana.edu › mediabeat › 2014/04/16Laughs Of The Decades: A History Of Comedy In Film

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   Apr 16, 2014 · Directors such as Mel Brooks helped pioneer the parody genre of film, releasing films such as Young Frankenstein. The premiere of Saturday Night Live in 1975 was a pivotal moment in the comedy industry, bringing the subversive ideals of comedy film to television.

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   The first comedy film was L'Arroseur Arrosé (1895), directed and produced by film pioneer Louis Lumière. Less than a minute long, it shows a boy playing a prank on a gardener.

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   Sep 30, 2013 · Utilizing formal, sociohistorical, and industrial perspectives to “take comedy seriously,” this broad study examines such topics as “gross-out” comedy, the relationship between comedy and narrative, the slapstick tradition, romantic comedy and darker forms such as political satire.

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   Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium.

7. www.britannica.com › art › comedyComedy | Definition, Drama, History, & Facts | Britannica

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   May 19, 2024 · The classic conception of comedy, which began with Aristotle in ancient Greece of the 4th century bce and persists through the present, holds that it is primarily concerned with humans as social beings, rather than as private persons, and that its function is frankly corrective.

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   Mar 4, 2014 · With the 1950s, the comedy genre welcomed the comic duo of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (who starred in films such as 1955’s, You’re Never Too Young ), but was largely characterized by an era of sanitized, formulaic, courtship romantic comedies, such as Pillow Talk (Gordon, 1959).

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   Aug 1, 2022 · History of the Comedy Genre. The short L’Arroseur Arrosé (or The Sprinkler Sprinkled) from 1895 is often cited as the earliest surviving comedy film.