Sunday, 10 November 2013

Vaudevillian patter/comic duos

A comic duo otherwise known as a double act sees the features of two artist - one who is more serious and the other who is more comic. The contrast between the two characters is what creates the humour. Famous pairs are such as "The Two Ronnies" and "French And Saunders" 


Ronnie Corbett is more serious which contrasts against Ronnie Barker (The Liberian) because he's making a joke out of a stereotypical library. 

Addition French And Saunders 

In this case French and Saunders work together against other characters (The Serious People) to create the comedy. 


I think The Two Ronnie's is a good example of how Jesus and Judas act throughout the Musical specifically during "It's All For The Best" because Judas is more Serious and Jesus tries to lighthearted which makes it funny to the audience because of the different rhythm of each characters solos. I think this idea should be incorporated between these two characters throughout the play. 

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