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    The Scent of Green Papaya

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    Australian Public Service Announcements Australia is a wonderful country. They have got nice hot whether all the time‚ plenty of venomous and dangerous animals to look out for‚ and some pretty cute ones too‚ like koalas and kangaroos. As a matter of fact my dad wanted us to move there for a long time. I’m even tempted to go one day all because of this ad they put out warning kids to stay in school. Its a pretty typical thing for kids to do‚ skip school and go have fun in the sun on nice days.

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    Earnest

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    Earnest The tone says that life is fun. The undertone suggests that life is a catastrophe. (How far do you agree with this model of comedy in relation to The Importance of Being Earnest?) With every light hearted joke that Wilde puts across to the audience there is a serious undertone to it‚ which relates to Victorian Society‚ and issues which were seen as taboo. Wilde’s play can be seen as quite a satirical play as it continuously mocks the upper classes and their values. Different characters in

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    从事过女招待和售货员等多份工作后,她最终决定发挥自己的幽默感,成为一名喜剧演员。 A waitress and salesman to wait for a job‚ she finally decided to play to her sense of humor‚ as a comedy [kɔmidi] actress. 她拍过很多的影片都大获成功。 She made a lot of films is a great success 但她最成功的是成为一名主持,她在Clyde’s喜剧俱乐部担任主持人期间,曾获得Showtime1982年度“全美最滑稽的人”称号。 But she’s the most successful is to become a host‚ her in clyde’s [klaid] comedy club for the period[ˈpɪriəd]. Obtain the annual [ˈænjuəl] show time 1982 "the funniest man". 后来,她还有了自己的talk show“the ellen show”,许多著名人士都上过她的节目,比如:奥巴马!

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    stripped away is the elimination of the “juice” employed by Oberon‚ representing menstrual blood and the blood of virgins. Such important subtleties removed in the film leave the film feeling more slapstick and superficial than a standard romantic comedy. The character Rockwell was altered in the film. He delivers a monologue in the film that could move the audience to

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    School Captain Speech

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    Almost all of these school captain speeches sound the same. They start off with a quote‚ put in a couple of jokes and try terribly hard to find the balance between inspiration and comedy…. This will be no different. So what makes up a good captain speech? Basically I’ve got to get up here‚ be serious‚ but not too serious‚ funny but not over the top and caring but not too caring‚ because really if I want to impress you‚ I’ve got to figure out how to get up here‚ keep a smile on both my faces and

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    Shakespeare uses many different ways to portray humor in his play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Puck is a mischievous‚ outgoing fairy who just likes to have fun. He often makes silly mistakes‚ the most memorable one being that he put the love juice in the wrong man’s eyes! So instead of Demetrius falling in love with Helena‚ Lysander does. Then Puck makes Demetrius fall in love with Helena too. This creates a whole mess of dramatic irony‚ for all the lovers know not what happened‚ and fight amongst

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    how blunt and forthright Gallagher is. Before one of his combat missions‚ he explains‚ “I briefed my men that this would be a snatch-and-grab mission‚ quicker than most romantic comedies” (Gallagher 99). His sense of humor add on the youthful tone to his story-tellings. Critic West interprets that “Understanding that comedy best captures the irony of the human condition‚ Mr. Gallagher pokes fun at himself‚ his soldiers and those above him” to further mock and demonstrate his honest experience in combat

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    Homeward Bound Homeward Bound is a satiric play‚ which attacks the socially accepted standards of today’s society. This play is known as a comedy of manners; defined as light social satire. Homeward Bound also consists of amusing characters that the audience can relate to. This type of play appeals to mostly sophisticated audiences and actors because the play consists of clever use of language and brilliant conversation. Elliot Hayes’ use of satire in Homeward Bound plays an

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    Avenue Q Play Analysis

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    why did the author chose Avenue Q. Is he trying to show the struggle of Avenue Q‚ where people have a difficult time finding their purpose? First‚ I would like to talk about the development of character and the puppet character. The dialogues and comedy were good‚ especially‚ when the characters expressing their feelings seem like they had put lots of effort remembering the dialogues. However‚ puppet was played by the actors but‚ when communicating with puppet the character was

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    humor to make serious issues such as this “trolley dilemma” easier to digest. Shaw calls it a tragedy and very conspicuously and persistently uses humor to deal with a topic as serious as the allocation of scarce medical resources. His use of tragic comedy prompts the audience to examine the motives of the medical profession‚ insurance companies and how we came as a society to accept a healthcare system still driven in large part by financial gain. The extract starts with Sir Ralph Bloomfield Bonington

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