Chapter 9 Theatre I Vocabulary

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