Chapter 9 Theatre I Vocabulary
Across
- 1. the pause required after a character delivers a funny line
- 3. the belief that comedy routines are designed to make the audience laugh are only funny three times in a row
- 5. comedy based on plot and sentimental situations
- 6. comedy that makes fun of people to try and change their foolish behavior
- 8. comedy that is physical and sometimes vulgar
- 9. a humorous imitation (absurd or grotesque misrepresentation)
- 10. physical comedy that uses exaggeration
Down
- 1. comedy that pokes fun at political situations and social standards
- 2. comedy that makes fun of upper class pretentiousness
- 4. to imitate in a humorous way (work or performance that imitates)
- 7. physical comedy that exaggerates situation until they are hardly believable