Love your post! Laughter truly is the best medicine. Did you know that kindergarteners laugh 300+ times/day....adults, just 17 times. (https://kindnessmagnet.substack.com/p/bested-kindergarteners) We've got some work ahead of us! I bet we could increase our laugh quotient by watching some of the movies you mentioned! I'm also a fan of 'Bridesmaids' (2011).
I definitely feel that the people who set out to make others laugh are performing an act of kindness. It's a magic trick, where the person who is laughing is released from sadness, from stress, from anxiety. What a beautiful and powerful gift to give someone else!
Magic is all that is and makes us laugh and when we want to find the word to explain it, magically, there is no need of words, but to laugh, live and love. HRH
I love Sullivan's Travels. It's a master's class in tension and release, in making a corny message seem real, and seamlessly infusing comedy with peril. William Demarest almost steals the show, but McCrea and Veronica Lake are so great together. So many great lines, and he even has time to tip the hatlo to Capra in the diner scene (the donut). I found this movie through the Coens, who actually made O Brother Where Art Thou and tipped their own hat in the theater scene. Great article. I'd also add Children of Men, which ends with hope after all the travail.
Yes, "Sullivan's Travels" is truly great. The comedy spans all types, from slapstick, to puns (ants in your plants), to cartoonish situations. But it also shows that the people who can make truly funny movies can also make serious tragedies. And we've seen comedic actors like Adam Sandler deliver moving and touching performances in dramas like "Punch-Drunk Love" (2002): https://moviewise.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/punch-drunk-love/
I think this is because making a comedy is harder than making a drama. There is a defense of Frank Capra in "Sullivan's Travels" because some people see his movies as corny, "Capra-corn," but I'm in the camp that considers his movies meaningful and important.
Love your post! Laughter truly is the best medicine. Did you know that kindergarteners laugh 300+ times/day....adults, just 17 times. (https://kindnessmagnet.substack.com/p/bested-kindergarteners) We've got some work ahead of us! I bet we could increase our laugh quotient by watching some of the movies you mentioned! I'm also a fan of 'Bridesmaids' (2011).
I definitely feel that the people who set out to make others laugh are performing an act of kindness. It's a magic trick, where the person who is laughing is released from sadness, from stress, from anxiety. What a beautiful and powerful gift to give someone else!
Moviewise,
Magic is all that is and makes us laugh and when we want to find the word to explain it, magically, there is no need of words, but to laugh, live and love. HRH
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Wonderful article.
Wonderful platform.
I am impressed with all I read and see.
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Thank you so much Rosie!
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I love Sullivan's Travels. It's a master's class in tension and release, in making a corny message seem real, and seamlessly infusing comedy with peril. William Demarest almost steals the show, but McCrea and Veronica Lake are so great together. So many great lines, and he even has time to tip the hatlo to Capra in the diner scene (the donut). I found this movie through the Coens, who actually made O Brother Where Art Thou and tipped their own hat in the theater scene. Great article. I'd also add Children of Men, which ends with hope after all the travail.
Yes, "Sullivan's Travels" is truly great. The comedy spans all types, from slapstick, to puns (ants in your plants), to cartoonish situations. But it also shows that the people who can make truly funny movies can also make serious tragedies. And we've seen comedic actors like Adam Sandler deliver moving and touching performances in dramas like "Punch-Drunk Love" (2002): https://moviewise.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/punch-drunk-love/
I think this is because making a comedy is harder than making a drama. There is a defense of Frank Capra in "Sullivan's Travels" because some people see his movies as corny, "Capra-corn," but I'm in the camp that considers his movies meaningful and important.