Farce: Difference between revisions

The form is closely associated with theater:

* Farce was popularized by Georges Feydeau, whose ''La Puce a l'oreille'' (A Flea in Her Ear) was one of the earliest examples of the classic form.

* Then there was Joe Orton, the 'Oscar Wilde of the Welfare State gentility,' who mixed farce and black comedy to hilarious effect.

* ''Boeing Boeing''

* Pierre Corneille's ''Le Cid'' got the author into trouble with Cardinal Richelieu, who wasn't just a fictional [[Big Bad]]. Apparently mixing tragedy with farce was considered a bad thing in the 1700s, and the argument between the two even got its own cool sounding name, ''La Querelle du Cid''.

* ''[[Cyrano De Bergerac]]'': A similar example to ''La Querelle du Cid'', ''[[Cyrano De Bergerac]]'' is a play which mixes [[Tragedy]] with [[Farce]] with great success, and it even presents Cardinal Richelieu... as [[The Ghost]]. It's characterized by [[Mistaken for Index|misunderstandings]], [[Gambit Pileup|deceptions]], and in general very contrived and ridiculous situations ([[Playing Cyrano]], for instance), or the Gascon Cadets stumbling upon [[Ho Yay|Cyrano and Christian when they're in a situation that appears compromising]] and a [[Fetch Quest]]... [[Tragedy|in the middle of the death of the protagonist]].

 

== Television ==

* Several episodes of ''[[Coupling]]''

* ''[[Frasier]]''. Not an episode goes by without awkwardly hilarious crises opening up as characters frantically rush around and juggle lies as they try to hide their messes from each other at break-neck speeds, often causing waves of misunderstandings.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* ''[[Burn After Reading]]''.

* ''[[The Fifth Element]]'': has various factions in the movie attempting to impersonate "Korben Dallas" in order to get on a cruise ship to get the cosmic trinket. [[Hilarity Ensues]]. Each faction has absolutely no contingency plan, and they end up interfering with each other to such an extent that Dallas manages to slip away.

* ''Noises Off'' and ''The Bird Cage'' were both based on plays.

* ''The [[Pink Panther]] films'': Clouseau is completely unaware of his incompetence. ''A Shot In The Dark'' increases the stakes with the growing pile of bodies apparently murdered by Maria Gambrelli and Clouseau's absurdly steadfast belief in her innocence.

** ''A Shot in the Dark'' is also based on a French stage play which [[Dolled-Up Installment|originally had nothing to do with]] ''The Pink Panther'' and which was not a farce but a murder mystery with some comic elements.

* ''[[The Palm Beach Story]]''

* ''Oscar''

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]'s ''[[Vorkosigan Saga|A Civil Campaign]]''

* Just about everything written by [[Tom Sharpe]] especially ''[[Wilt]]''

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

 

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