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Comparing and Contrasting Jim Carrey and Robin Williams
Brief intro into comedy history and it's transformation
What comedy means
Robin Williams
Biographical information
Comedy background
Jim Carrey
Biographical information
Comedy background
Compare both characters
Slapstick comedy
Rapid fire verbal and physical comedy
Stand-up comedy when first started career
Contrast both characters
Age difference
Williams has had longer career than Carrey
Types of comedy when first began career
Carrey more physical
Williams more "silly" and "off the wall"
Success rates with other genre besides comedy
Williams has had more "serious" roles than Carrey
Williams has a higher success rate than Carrey in other venues besides cinema iii. Williams more awards than Carrey
Williams in more roles outside of comedy
VI- Conclusion
a. Summary of paper
b. How the two comedians have made an important impact
Comparing and Contrasting Robin Williams and Jim Carrey
Comedy has been a way of momentarily making individuals forget about their surroundings. No matter how atrocious the situation around them...
It is also a useful tactic to get people dealing with circumstances in a nonchalant way. From politics to romance, from financial distress to even catastrophic events, Comedy touches on all those topics in a way that makes people understand. Comedic relief has always been the salvation to those who do not have anything else that they could count on. Comedy allows individuals an escape from the reality that they don't want to face; one that they can't do anything about. Some of the most influential and most remembered people of all time have been comedians because of the pleasure that they bring their viewers. Laughter has been the best relief; it is the best medicine.
Jim Carrey and Robin Williams are to us today what the Three Stooges and Charlie Chaplin were in their respective times. The fame and comedic contribution that these men have given our generation will be felt for generations to come. Robin Williams started his career in the 1970's during a time of political turmoil and upheaval, but through his stand-up comedy and early portrayals of comedic characters in shows such as Happy Days (1978) and movies like Popeye (1980) and Good Morning Vietnam (1987), he provided viewers with the laughter that they were looking for. While Williams was already a semi-established comedian, Jim Carrey was just starting to get noticed for his comical gift as well. With his stand-up comedy routines and physical comedy in movies such as The Mask and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective…
Robin Williams and Jim Carrey have been known for doing very similar comedic routines. Both actors started off with stand-up comedy and moved onto slapstick and physical comedy as their next career move. Williams acted in Mork and Mindy (1978), which made him into a household name and sealed his success rate with viewers from then on. Jim Carrey was a regular on In Living Color (1990) and also aided in helping Carrey advance his career. Both actors have been recognized for their contribution to Hollywood, since both of them have won awards for their performances inside and outside of the comedy genre. Both actors have also been invited to perform on Saturday Night Live for their amazing sketch comedy. Although Jim Carrey and Robin Williams have both had about the same amount of influence in Comedy history, they have made their impact in very different ways.
Both actors have had tremendous success rates in comedy and both have moved on to become icons in this generation, but the way they have done so has differed. Williams has had a longer career than Jim Carrey has, giving him more opportunity for success. Carrey has always had a more physical aspect to his comedy in his career than Williams has. Carrey's focus in cinema has tended to always deal with comedy (except for some roles in movies like The Majestic (2001) and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)), while Williams on the other hand, has more than dabbled into more genres, including Drama, Children's Cinema, Action, and Science Fiction. Williams has also been recognized more for his other roles outside of Comedy; he has won an Academy Award, which Carrey is yet to do. Robin Williams is also known for being the most "off the wall" comedian out of the two. His routines have been more provocative than Carrey, giving Williams the edgier career. Although both comedians have been successful at what they specialize in, comedy, only Robin Williams has truly mastered the art of acting outside of the comedic role.
In conclusion, both comedians have had such an important impact on our society, that it is nearly impossible to imagine Hollywood and Cinema without these two characters. From the 1970's until now, and probably for a while, both Robin Williams and Jim Carrey will continue to entertain viewers with their charismatic personas and their great talent.
Audiences can ponder the issue of fate when presented with Oedipus, afterlife when thinking of Antigone, and motherhood and marriage when confronted with Medea. Further, modern plays often offer this type of ending as well. For instance, Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie allows audience members to consider the theme of love and romance, superimposed with family. At the end of the story, audience members must contemplate whether Tom should
This echoes life. To others we present as a simple person, perhaps even shallow and one-dimensional. Yet inside we are a mass of interminable twists and turns of plots and subplots. The story must reflect positive morality or, as Aristotle warned, when storytelling goes bad, the result is decadence. As stories become more extravagant and violent, and all the areas of storytelling - acting, stage settings or environments, music,
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comedy films "His Girl Friday," directed by Howard Hawks, and "Bedazzled," directed by Harold Ramis. Specifically, it will discuss these two comedies made at least 45 years apart, and comment on their similarities, their differences, and the societal changes that make films obsolete, or keep them classic. COMEDIES IN TIME Comedies are some of the most popular film genres of all times. They entertain, they make the audience laugh, and they
On the contrary, "You Have Got Mail" is a new style of comedy movie that involves romance in a much open manner that it could not attract all age groups. Key Features of New Comedy Few traits of new comedy are as follows: It revolves more around a boy and a girl and their love story It involves a lot of physical relationship between male and female ( Richmond ) Related with love, desire
Socrates Both comedy and tragedy are "related to emotional needs and religious longings that became crystallized and structured in ritualistic celebrations and festivals," (34). Both can be framed as "catalysts" that force "some sort of conversion" in the individual (34). Moreover, both comedy and tragedy reflect the "eternal spectacle of human nature and its weaknesses," (35). Both art forms use imitation or mimicry of a political figure or idea. However, there are