Mockumentary In Chris Lilley's Summer Heights High

Most importantly, Sedaris used black humor to release the tension that was built up throughout the story. “One moment she was locking us out of our own house and the next we were rooting around in the snow, looking for her left shoe.” (Sedaris 74). All throughout the text Sedaris and his siblings were angry at their Mom because she had locked them out of the house and they wanted a way to get her attention. However, at the end of the story the built of tension was resolved just by having the youngest daughter lay in the middle of the road. Sedaris and his siblings all forgave

Black comedy is highlighted throughout Michaela, Kendra and Fraser’s performance. Their diverse use of comedic techniques, which represent taboo issues of animal cruelty, confront the audience. Their performance (scene eight), revolved around the life of a cat with an owner who symbolised a monster. Padriac, the owner, (played by Fraser), casually kills lives of innocent animals just to hear confession. This idea itself, is oddly tragic. Padriac chooses the life of his cat over any human being. However, this dark and obscure idea was performed in a humorous and intensely meaningful way. A fake toy cat was stuffed with tomato sauce and kidney beans, representing the cat’s brain. Once the gun was shot, the fake brains gushed over Davey’s

Purpose: The purpose of this memo is to give detailed instructions on how to restructure the Austrian television show Summer Heights High to be appropriate, relatable and relevant to American audiences on the ABC Network.

Summer Heights High is an Australian mockumentary series which uses satirical devices to depict the public school system, and its teachers and students in a negative light. The creator, Chris Lilley, portrays these subjects using stereotypes, irony, and hyperbole. The show focuses much attention on the main three characters; Hellen "Mr G." Gregson, an overenthusiastic high school drama teacher; Ja'mie King, a teenage girl doing an exchange programme from a private school to a public school; and Jonah Takalua, a Tongan troublemaker. These characters are all represented in a very exaggerated, stereotypical way, throughout the series.

Luckily I have some knowledge in the Jewish religion, as my neighbors growing up and a good friend of mine practiced Jewish beliefs I seem to remember some conversations and actions I had seen or over heard. I believe a viewer who knows nothing about the past Jewish religion or any events would have a hard time seeing this film for its purpose, and may not get the relation between the two without doing further research. Black humor is basically seeing the human existence or suffrage as pointless and comical, I see it as an easy way of creating a story and also a set in stone mind set. As the Coen brothers use black humor in many of their pieces I see a pattern, as black humor is the

In an essay published in the New Yorker in May 1999, entitled “High-School Confidential: Notes on Teen Movies,” writer David Denby analyzes movies targeted towards teenagers and the stereotypes associated with them. He begins his essay by describing the archetypal characters in high school genre films: the vapid popular girl and her athletic male counterpart, and the intellectual outsider and her awkward male counterpart. He then describes the reality of teen life, and compares it to the experience depicted in these films. Next, he analyzes the common theme that the geeky characters are the protagonists, and suggests there are such because of their writer's personal experience and a history of geeks being ostracized. Finally, Denby analyzes the tropes in

First, Anjelah Johnson effectively uses structure in her jokes in order to prepare the audience for her act-outs. Because they are well prepared for the act-outs, most of her audience find her jokes more funnier because of her act-outs. For example, one of her

Joseph Heller uses black humor to express normally emotional scenarios in humorous ways in his writing. One of the clearest examples of Joseph Heller using black humor is in his novel, Catch-22. The story follows Yossarian, a man enlisted in the United States Air Force during World War II, and his frightening experiences while in service. Yossarian witnesses many scenes throughout the story which most people would find extremely emotional or graphic during the war (or even today), but Joseph Heller manages to make these scenes humorous so that people could temporarily forget about the seriousness of the situation and that some of the scenes were things that were actually happening during World War

High school: a place of acceptance, growth, and love. Life After High School by Joyce Carol Oates takes place in the small town of South Lebanon, New York in 1959. Oates details the lives of three students: Zachary Graff, Barbara “Sunny” Burhrman, and Tobias Shank. Zachary struggles with finding love; both Sunny and Tobias turn him down during the rough times of the 1950’s, and Zachary’s struggle ultimately leads to his death. Throughout the stories the three characters mask themselves behind a happier and fitter version of themselves; the hide behind religion, lies, and stereotypes. Oates writes in a third person limited point of view to reveal the theme of hiding one's identity is destructive. Oates creates a perspective of literary fiction to reveal the emotion of what the characters feel, think, and act.

In school there are many groups that can be identified within the film. It is interesting to see how five students who are all in different social groups came together at the end despite these differences. In the film, the students all get dropped off at the school to attend a Saturday detention all for various reasons. The characters in the detention were Allison Reynolds, John Bender, Claire Standish, Brian Johnson, and Andrew

If the humour wasn’t there, we wouldn’t know much of Juno’s personality. But, the humour stopped Juno from having any emotional scenes. I would have thought that a sixteen year old girl who is still in school would be pretty torn up if they found out that they were pregnant. But Juno seemed okay with it! I think that was one of the rare weak points of the film as I was expecting many more tears and moments where you see her sat alone in her room, thinking about what has happened.

What guy would not be tempted to catch a sneak peak of a beautiful girl wearing an extravagant dress or skirt? And this is exactly what the author, Irwin Shaw in “The Girls in Their Summer Dresses” shows that the character, Michael has a major weakness to set his eyes on the many gorgeous women walking by on Fifth Avenue, while strolling with Frances, his wife of five years. Due to Michael’s temptation, and Frances insecurity, what seemed to be a peaceful and lovely conversational walk on a sunny Sunday morning in Fifth Avenue quickly evolves into an argument of jealousy for Frances and an open discussion of how Michael feels about all the beautiful women he sees and wants.

Sedaris is able to incorporate humor in “Jesus Shaves” using his own sarcastic commentary while the action is happening. Some parts are very humorous because of his choice of words, timing and context of the story. Sedaris takes the reader through a day in his french class. The topic at hand is Bastille Day, and the protagonist notes, “I didn’t know about the rest of the class, but when Bastille Day eventually rolled around, I planned to stay home and clean my oven” (415). For something to be funny or humorous it not only has to be unexpected but also has to be something the audience understands and can relate to. Most everyone can relate to being bored or uninterested in school. The protagonists notes that on a regular day he would jump ahead

In my concept of this scene, I want to bring out the humor that embedded into the scene. My approach in terms of style, the characters Meredith, Trisha, and Frances will display a unique style of bridesmaid dresses to show their different and unique personalities throughout the scene, also to highlight the senses of humor each character make in this scene. In this scene, I want to highlight the humor of movements, gesture, and dialogue. For instance, when Frances stood up and held up a bible to state she is a Christian, it also highlights the relationships between the characters to emphasize their different personalities. Moreover, the primary behavioral action that I want to draw attention to is their different characteristic of Meredith,

It also makes you laugh because right after it happens, you hear Boo say in her innocent voice, “Ewe!” (Pixar). This event was an effective way to create humor because it made you want to giggle because this situation wouldn’t happen on a day to day basis. Also, it is funny because you don’t actually see Mike fall into the toilet so you have to imagine in your mind what it would have looked like. Another example of how the director uses humorous situations to create effective humor is when Randal was beating up Sully while he was camouflaged. This was funny because Mike was going on about being sorry and wanting forgiveness while in the meantime, Sully is attempting to fight Randal even though he can’t see him (Pixar). This was to people viewing the movie because Mike was so preoccupied with explaining his wrong doing, that he doesn’t even realize that Sully is in a fight. In general, using comedic situations to create humorous effect works wonders. All in all, verbal sarcasm and comedic situations are two very effective tactics used to show