Humour and genres in popular culture are often topics which appear in the exam either as a subject for discussion or as the topic of a reading, listening or use of English text.
1. Lexical Precision - laugh
Hearty laugh/chuckle, belly laugh, tickle your funny bone
2. Listening - Laughter Yoga in Berlin from Inside Europe.http://www.dw.com/en/inside-europe-11052017/av-38801398 Item starts at 48:10 and runs to 53:20
3. Discussion: Romcoms
- What are the typical cliches (think about themes, characters, storylines) of rom-coms?
- Do you think rom-coms are more predictable than other types of genre films?
- Do you think rom-coms are popular because of or despite these cliches?
- Do you have a favourite rom-com? Would you call it a guilty pleasure? Why/Why not?
- Imdb describes Eagle vs Shark as "the tale of two socially awkward misfits and the strange ways they try to find love; through revenge on high-school bullies, burgers, and video games.” To what extent do you think it will follow the traditional rom-com template?
- The film’s tagline is "There’s someone for everyone… apparently” what does this tell you about the tone of the film?
Homework
Eagle vs Shark (2007)
1. Viewing tasks
You can stream Eagle vs Shark from https://www.netflix.com/it-en/
(a) While you are watching make notes on how far the film follows rom-com conventions or how far it subverts them? Think about things like:
(b) How would you describe the comedy in the film? E.g. physical comedy, cringe comedy, black comedy, surreal comedy? For an explanation of these terms go to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedic_genres
(c) The characters all have fairly strong New Zealand accents. What words are difficult to understand due to accent or intonation?
You can stream Eagle vs Shark from https://www.netflix.com/it-en/
(a) While you are watching make notes on how far the film follows rom-com conventions or how far it subverts them? Think about things like:
- the setting
- the socio-economic background of the characters
- the treatment of characters from minorities (ethnic groups, sexual orientation, disability)
(b) How would you describe the comedy in the film? E.g. physical comedy, cringe comedy, black comedy, surreal comedy? For an explanation of these terms go to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedic_genres
(c) The characters all have fairly strong New Zealand accents. What words are difficult to understand due to accent or intonation?
2. Reading - review http://www.empireonline.com/movies/eagle-vs-shark/review/
Going further
Going further
Cringe comedy courtesy of BBC's The Office
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