tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post5310096403062060291..comments2024-01-06T05:28:46.111-05:00Comments on Matt Paust's Crime Time : Might We Finally Forgive Farce, the Forsaken Genre?Mathew Pausthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-90182411996629492392013-06-28T13:57:09.407-04:002013-06-28T13:57:09.407-04:00Hahaha!Hahaha!Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-62805465593931965222013-06-28T13:49:37.816-04:002013-06-28T13:49:37.816-04:00Honestly, I hate labels and Con is in his own cate...Honestly, I hate labels and Con is in his own category and is each one of us. What some of us thought was brilliant with Mel Brooks the young don't understand. Farse that you youngins..:)<br /><br />HUGGGGGGGGGGGGSavannah Devilles was Linda Seccaspinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09957916667995567130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-79503549887557775352013-06-22T14:15:03.763-04:002013-06-22T14:15:03.763-04:00Your thinking jibes pretty much with my ideas - in...Your thinking jibes pretty much with my ideas - in fact you take it further. I, too, am a huge Brooks fan, and wish now I had mentioned him in my little piece. He exemplifies the observation that farce works much better theatrically than on the page. I'm attributing farce to my novels despite their use of the form in a gentler, less obvious way. There are farcical moments that do build to support the basic premise that much of what we occupy ourselves with is much ado about little. I've decided to kill off a couple of main characters in the third and final novel of the series. That might push it over into tragedy if I'm not careful. I had that idea just this morning. Am indebted to you for your thoughtful and helpful comment. Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-17112144950332662952013-06-22T13:07:27.656-04:002013-06-22T13:07:27.656-04:00Farce should be sparse: It has far more power if i...Farce should be sparse: It has far more power if it is done as a last resort expression. It's the same with sarcasm, that is why Jesus saved it for the wicked Pharisees shortly before He knew how they would react--crucifixion. I think humor has moods, progressions and climaxes. Farce is a mild expression of frustration leading up to anger, but it can be very,silly, which is my preference. Mel Brooks was a genious at farce on practically an interactive level with The Producers. It is a huge farce that is enjoyable because it is silly, the one conclusion that spells out exactly how we should think of the 20th Century's King of Tyre--name now not even worth mentioning. It was the subject's final sentencing, and after that, not worth a thought. That is the power of farce.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com