Saturday, October 18, 2014

Annie Hall



 I consider Woody Allen's comedy style to be very successful. Just to name a couple television shows that use the anti mimetic emblems are " the office", "family guy", "parks and rec". The addressing of the camera or the characters just being aware of the camera allows for Allen to use other emblems or create some humorous situation. Because the emblems give Allen the ability to alter what reality is and what is not, Allen is able create some comedic sequences. 

When Alvy addresses an older woman walking on the sidewalk and continues on mimicking 1960's film directors by asking random people on the street questions. He was using this to then make fun of the people he was talking to. such as the happy couple that neither had anything interesting or meaningful about themselves.
Apart from the anti mimetic emblems, I think as far as "Annie Hall" goes, Allen plays Alvy and I think that a reason why he is so successful with the comedy is because he is the director and actor. Because the audience knows that he is both, they can make the connections like from the previous paragraph. Allen's comedy is witty and that is why I find it very successful as well. I like physical comedy, but it can  get old when it is the only type of comedy, so the fact that Allen uses wit in his comedy is refreshing from the other physical stunts.

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