l The Concise Oxford Dictionary: comedy, n, stage-play of light, amusing and often satirical character, chiefly representing everyday life, with happy ending.
l From Aristotle on, comedy was for centuries the most appropriate genre for representing the lives, not of the ruling classes, of those with extensive power, but of the ‘middle’ and ‘ lower’ orders of society, those whose power was limited and local, and whose manners, behavior, and values were considered by their ‘ betters’ to be either trivial, or vulgar, or both.
l The consistent generation of laughter through the multiple use of gags, funny lines, and funny situations, and, in these instances at least, the representation of lower-class characters and everyday life respectively.
《happy》
《bullfight》
《Luck Dog》
l Various versions.
l In various strands of romantic comedy, particularly those in which a melodramatic crisis is resolved by means of a happy ending.
l A happy ending necessitates a preceding, narrative context.
Reference:
Hao Jian, 2012. The beauty and sorrow of low-budget comedy film. Bugu: CCTV. Available at: http://bugu.cntv.cn/20100122/100041.shtml [Accessed 9 December 2012]
Yang Liu, 2010. The revelry and spoof of Chinese low-budget comedy film. Available at: http://www.doc88.com/p-993392545037.html [Accessed 12 December 2012]
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