2009年7月2日木曜日

Comedy

Today,I'm going to write about the contrast between Japanese comedy and British comedy.
I watched British skeches in today's class.and I noticed a difference between Japanese one and British one.
In British comedy,there are many sketches related to gay,and comedians try to make us laugh with their funny action.In Japanese comedy,comedians usually try to make us laugh with talk.That is interesting difference for me.I don't know why there is that difference,but I'm going to write my conjecture about it.
Rakugo is a traditional japanese comedy.They usually only use their talk and a little action.They talk a funny story sitting on floor and sometimes use their hands,but they don't do a hard action like slipping and standing.The only tool that they can use to make people laugh is their mouth,talking.It has passed 300years since Rakugo started to act.I guess makeing people laugh with talking like Rakugo became japanese culture.This is why Japanese comedians like to make people laugh with talking.
When I watch British comedy at the first time,I felt kind of fresh feeling even though it is definitely old show.Because as I mentioned,the way they try to make us laugh is totally different from ours.I want japanese people to watch British comedy more.I mean,people should watch many kinds of comedy.They could reflect it to ours....In a few years,we might watch mixed comedy between Japanese and British.

1 件のコメント:

  1. Shohei,

    I think you look at this issue very deeply, but one thing that could make the posts better is if you added a video- perhaps from youtube. I'm sure there are some 'rakugo' clips or sketches on youtube which you could use? Also, you might be able to find the Monty Python sketches which we looked at.

    Good post;)

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