Hey everyone! So excited for this class and for interacting with you all, learning and watching some amazing comedy greats together!!
I am an actor and a fellow Improv student, haha, so I am so thrilled to be learning even more about comedy in this class!
I really enjoyed watching this very first slapstick film. What I noticed right away, and what my first opinions/impressions were, is first of all the sinister and sneaky trait of the antagonist.
The way he hid from the gardener, like a sinister cat, and the gardener never detected him until it was too late.
The element of surprise, as alot of you have also been saying. Is comedy funny because there is always a surprise to it?!
The act of revenge- the tables are truly turned by end of this film! And is this not at its very core one of the top traits of slapstick, or even comedy in general? You slap me, I slap you back, You hit me with a pie, I trip you as you walk triumphantly away, etc? A thought.
Also, the music added alot to this little film. As an actor and a movie snob, I am always reminded of the true power of music in film. It adds to the emotion like no other element does. What would this little comedy have been like completely silent, without the jaunty music??
