0 a type of humorous acting in which the actors behave in a silly way, such as by throwing things, falling over, etc.
1 a type of acting intended to be amusing because of the timing of fast physical actions, typically of someone falling or being hit by something or someone
And young audiences found the slapstick and knock-about violence appealing.
But there are more important reasons to interpret this opera as belonging to the subgenre of sentimental opera rather than slapstick musical comedy.
From slapstick to satire to biting tragedy, the frenetic pace of this scene was driven by the powerful image of walking.
Using puppets, special effects, live music, and slapstick humour, the drama creates in its 'family audience' both fear and laughter.
Phrases flicker, spit and flare up, burning through climaxes of white heat, which extinguish themselves in a remarkable, desiccated fragment of crackling wooden slapsticks.
The clowning is not knock-about, coming across as droll rather than slapstick.
The piece begins seriously, only to assume more and more comic tones, until a moment of true slapstick is reached with the two violent but clownesque thieves.
Slapstick has a leveling effect.
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şaklabanlık, şaklabanlığa dayalı ucuz komedi, âdi komedi…
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