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=**What is a Comedy Movie**?= A comedy movie is a film that makes that generates laughter from the audience and has an element of humor in it. Comedy movies were essential for early silent films, as they rely on physical humor rather than sound.

=**Types of Comedies**= There are various subcategories within comedy movies. They are listed and described below.

**Slapstick**

 * Slapstick** was dominant in the early silent era of movies. It used broad, aggressive, physical and visual action to invigorate emotion among the audience. For example a loss of trousers, people chasing or a custard pie in the face would amuse the audience. Comedy films such as The Three Stooges and Safety Last would apply the slapstick style of comedy in their films

**Deadpan**

 * Deadpan**, style of comedy is one that requires the performer to have a blank or expressionless face. They tend to express themselves and their actions in a matter-of –fact manner. For example in Mr. Bean, a childlike grownup who makes a lot of mistakes without using too many facial expressions

**Verbal comedy**

 * Verbal comedy**, usually relies on a good script and dialogue delivery. It was classified by the cruel verbal wit of W.C Fields, the sexual innuendo of Mae West or often seen in Marx brother films and later in Woody Allen films.


 * Screwball** use craziness, eccentricity, ridiculousness and erratic behaviour to provoke laughter among the audience. They are generally light-hearted. Screwball comedies were launched in the mid-1930s, and established their place after the advent of film sound and the social disturbances of the Depression. This form of comedy provided by a new generation of writers and directors offered escapist entertainment for Depression-era audiences through much of the 30s and into the 40s

**Black comedy** or **Dark comedy**

 * Black comedy** or **Dark comedy** uses dark, sarcastic and humours stories to help shine the light on serious issues such as war, death, illness.

**Parody**

 * Parody** is a postmodern technique that makes fun of various ideas and icons in popular culture. For example, the Scary Movie collection is a parody of teen horror flicks. However, it is not necessarily that new of a concept, as if you watch any movie by Mel Brooks, they contain a high degree of parody.

=**Popular Comedy Movies:**= - Young Frankenstein - Blazing Saddles - The Monster (Il Mostro) - The Producers -Silent Movie -History of the World: Part 1 -The Pink Panther Series -Tootsie (1982) -Wedding Crashers(2005) -Meet the Parents/ Meet the Fockers -American Pie -40 Year Old Virgin -Borat - Friday -Old School -Zoolander -Ace Ventura -The Naked Gun -Hot Shots -Monty Python -Austin Powers films -Me, Myself and Irene -Anchorman: Legend of Ron Burgandy -Police Academy

=**Famous Comedians:**= - Mel Brooks - Roberto Benigni - Gene Wilder - Peter Sellers - Charlie Chaplan - Woody Allen - Frank Capra - Jim Carrey - Adam Sandler - Chris Rock - Mike Myers -Dave Chappelle - Russell Peters

=References:= http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Genres/Comedy/ [|en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy] Verbal comedy: http://www.filmsite.org/comedyfilms.html Three Stooges image: [|http://www.threestooges.com] Scary Movie image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scary_Movie