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Darin
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Post subject: The "screwball" comedy genre of film...  Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:07 am |
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These would be films like Animal House (probably the grand daddy of the modern ones), Meatballs, Police Academy and Down Periscope.
Do you have a favorite?
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Uncle Twitchy
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Post subject: The "screwball" comedy genre of film... Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:08 am |
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Post subject: The "screwball" comedy genre of film... Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:21 am |
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My Man Godfrey
The Thin Man
It Happened One Night
Bringing up Baby
The Palm Beach Story
The Awful Truth
Holiday
...and so on.
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Jeff
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Post subject: The "screwball" comedy genre of film... Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:23 am |
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I don't think Animal House or Duck Soup fit the "screwball comedy" genre, myself.
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Uncle Twitchy
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Post subject: The "screwball" comedy genre of film... Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:25 am |
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Your face doesn't fit the screwball comedy genre.
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Steven Clubb
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Post subject: The "screwball" comedy genre of film... Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:27 am |
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More like sophmoric comedies. Lots of crude adult oriented humor.
Screwball are the fast talking comedies that are a bit skewed from reality. Oscar Wilde is the grand daddy of those.
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Jeff
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Post subject: The "screwball" comedy genre of film... Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:43 am |
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Steven is correct. They usually also, in the case of the Hollywood screwball, feature a romantic comedy angle.
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Dr. Brian Fever
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Post subject: The "screwball" comedy genre of film... Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:45 am |
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Go ahead..I dare ya!
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Uncle Twitchy
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Post subject: The "screwball" comedy genre of film... Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:01 am |
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I still say Duck Soup applies. Skewed reality? Check. Romantic angle? Check. Fast-paced banter? Check.
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Steven Clubb
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Post subject: The "screwball" comedy genre of film... Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:05 am |
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The show that bridges the gap: Its Always Sunny In Philidelphia.
Fast paced, witty, off-kilter, and unspeakably tasteless.
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Post subject: The "screwball" comedy genre of film... Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:06 am |
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Duck Soup loosely fits I guess. I just never think of Marx Brothers in that vein.
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Uncle Twitchy
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Post subject: The "screwball" comedy genre of film... Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:07 am |
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I don't know how you would classify Marx Brothers movies otherwise.
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Post subject: The "screwball" comedy genre of film... Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:08 am |
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Does ''The Phantom Menace'' count?
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Post subject: The "screwball" comedy genre of film... Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:09 am |
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Uncle Twitchy wrote: I don't know how you would classify Marx Brothers movies otherwise. Slapstick?
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Uncle Twitchy
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Post subject: The "screwball" comedy genre of film... Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:10 am |
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Jeff wrote: Uncle Twitchy wrote: I don't know how you would classify Marx Brothers movies otherwise. Slapstick? Too much clever banter and wordplay. Slapstick tends to rely on pratfalls and people hitting each other, which the Marx Brothers tended to eschew. Physical comedy? Absolutely. Slapstick? Not so much. That's more the Three Stooges schtick.
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Post subject: The "screwball" comedy genre of film... Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:13 am |
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Fair enough. I almost typed "Physical comedy" rather than slapstick, but I wasn't sure that's a genre.
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Post subject: The "screwball" comedy genre of film... Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:13 am |
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Uncle Twitchy wrote: Jeff wrote: Uncle Twitchy wrote: I don't know how you would classify Marx Brothers movies otherwise. Slapstick? Too much clever banter and wordplay. Slapstick tends to rely on pratfalls and people hitting each other, which the Marx Brothers tended to eschew. Physical comedy? Absolutely. Slapstick? Not so much. That's more the Three Stooges schtick. Then explain how 'Police Academy' counts as a comedy. ''Did you think I took you to see all those ''Police Academy'' movies for FUN? I didn't see anyone laughing, did YOU!?'' (Simpsons quote, bastardised a bit because I can't remember it word-for-word)
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Post subject: The "screwball" comedy genre of film... Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:14 am |
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As dull and repetitive as they are
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Your face is a genre. Couldn't resist! 
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Uncle Twitchy
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Post subject: The "screwball" comedy genre of film... Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:14 am |
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Upon further reflection, however, what the Marx Brothers' movies do not have which screwball comedies generally have is the plucky female lead who can hold her own, so I withdraw Duck Soup and instead offer Down With Love as my favorite screwball comedy.
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Uncle Twitchy
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Post subject: The "screwball" comedy genre of film... Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:15 am |
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Prowl wrote: ''Did you think I took you to see all those ''Police Academy'' movies for FUN? I didn't see anyone laughing, did YOU!?'' (Simpsons quote, bastardised a bit because I can't remember it word-for-word) 
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Darin
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Post subject: The "screwball" comedy genre of film... Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:16 am |
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You are all worthless and weak.
Now drop and give me twenty.
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Jeff
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Post subject: The "screwball" comedy genre of film... Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:17 am |
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All that said, we can all agree that Animal House is not at all a screwball comedy. 
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