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Mar 5, 2008 ... The vast difference between merely saying something that is true and ... we shall discern a similar distinction between comedy and farce. ...
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Comedy, primarily that branch of the drama which addresses itself to the sense of the humorous, as opposed to tragedy, is, in its restricted sense, as opposed to farce and buffoonery, humorous without being broadly or grossly comical.
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Which side do you agree with, and why? What similarities and differences do you see between comedy and tragedy with regard to the underlying world view? the structure, laws and limits of each genre? ... difference to comedy: in the farce, plot is more important than character...
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Tragedy has a protagonist (the main character who gains the audience's sympathy) who possesses character flaws that lead to his own undoing-he is himself responsible for the disaster that befalls him. Comedy is a humorous treatment of an ot...
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So, to answer your question as best I can, I think much of the difference between comedy and farce lies in the portrayal of the characters and the situations. In farce, of course, the characters are often stereotypes, and the situations absurd, but certainly stereotyped characters are present in non-farce comedy.
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A farce has to be light and frothy, like a whipped meringue, according to James Horne, director of Don't Dress for Dinner being staged at ... Explaining the difference between a comedy and a farce, Horne says: "You can't afford to let the audence sit back and laugh and enjoy it. They've got to laugh and laugh and laugh.
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Do enough people know the difference between comedy and farce, or is the distinction even relevant in today's and tomorrow's world? The movie Dumb and Dumber may contain some shots at romance - or sex - but it is a farce, and its a long way from romantic comedy.
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What is the difference between tragedy comedy melodrama and farces? ... What is the difference between a farce and a comedy? ... Is there a difference between farce and slapstick? Read answer...
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And the contemporary publishing houses, lying somewhere between the postmodern business gurus and the postmodern socialists, naturally must harbor all the requisite postmodern prejudices against the Greats--it is in their character to refrain from passing the literary judgements that define and defend God's...
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