How did it affcet screwball? why did screwball comedy end?
2007-04-22 07:41:08 · 3 answers · asked by latina20 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
People were so overcome with loss and tragedy that they needed an escape. The screwball comedy combines slapstick with the absurd, and lets the watcher react like a child in a fantasy. They all have happy endings where the hero, who is an ordinary, nerdy guy, gets the girl in spite of enormous obstacles. People identified with him and the hope that fate can deal a wonderful hand.
2007-04-22 07:54:07 · answer #1 · answered by Buffy Summers 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
screwball gave the movie goers something to laugh at at a time when life wasn't very funny. it ended when it had run it's course, altho screwball carries on today in some forms, there will always be comedy films of this nature it's just that the term screwball isn't referred to any more for modern movies
2007-04-22 14:59:48 · answer #2 · answered by Angelic Julie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The depression influenced the screwball era by providing an environment where everyone was in desperate need for a laugh. Hilarity ensued. Why did it end? Like all fads, people simply grew tired of it. With comedy especially, if you do the same thing over and over again, it isn't funny anymore.
2007-04-22 14:50:10 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋