Category Archives: 2 Vulgar Comedy

Posted on 2012-03-20 by Micke Klingvall

A definition of Low Comedy

What is considered “low” in comedy is when we laugh at basic things like life and death. Funny sex, insults, excrement, violence, gluttony, social rebellion and so on are expressions of the comical side of life and death. While the … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2012-03-16 by Micke Klingvall

Low Comedy in Vulgar Comedy (Part 1)

Well, just as the name Vulgar Comedy indicates it is also vulgar, in both senses, obscene or crude and popular. That it is also called low has to do with the fact that the Church and the elite has always … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2012-03-16 by Micke Klingvall

Low Comedy in Vulgar Comedy (Part 2)

But except from that about “the material-bodily lower” (See PART 1), Mikhail Bakhtin also states that common people at the time neither trusted seriousness nor people who were serious. They were a threat since the only ones that benefited from … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2012-03-09 by Micke Klingvall

Lust in Vulgar Comedy

I would say that lust is the most important component in Vulgar Comedy and that it is what combines all genres that it includes. As I have stated before, it was lust – the lust for telling stories, for playing … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2012-02-28 by Micke Klingvall

Marx Brothers movies

There is really no way to get around the Marx Brothers when talking about Vulgar Comedy. They might be the most prominent example. It is really a pity there is no video clips saved from their Vaudevilles that they played … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2012-02-24 by Micke Klingvall

Spex

Spex is a very Scandinavian form of Vulgar Comedy. It only exists in Sweden and Finland. The word itself is nineteenth century slang for spectacle (spektakel in Swedish). It started in the Swedish universities around 1850 as a parody of … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2012-02-10 by Micke Klingvall

Mrs. Brown’s boys

I must give you what I think is the very best example of Vulgar Comedy on TV. “Mrs. Brown’s boys” is an Irish sitcom that contains most components of what is Vulgar Comedy. Unfortunately all countries are not able to … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2012-01-17 by Micke Klingvall

Why mask?

As the mask enhances the bodily expression both visually and by size it also compels a more direct communication from the stage. A communication that becomes stronger in its expression and allows a comedy that goes straight to the guts … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2012-01-13 by Micke Klingvall

The face – a tool to lie with

People tend to think that the face is central for communication between people. I am not so sure. I think we think that the face is central. The face is what we use to lie with. We lie in the … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2012-01-11 by Micke Klingvall

Mask and the sense of time

On the whole I don’t think the masks have influenced the feeling for space so much in my performances as it has with the sense of time. In my opinion the masks always change the sense of time. I see … Read the rest of this entry →

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