Laugh and jokes are essential part of our lives for the reason that these make us happy
and also
helps to cope with hard times. Also, every nation has special sense of humor and different
comedy performance. Therefore I want to tell about one of the most exciting variants of
comedy show.
First one is Xiansheng which is also called crosstalk or comic dialogue is a traditional performing
art in Chinese comedy. It is also one of the most popular elements in Chinese culture. This art is
performed as a dialogue between two performers and very rarely it can also be performed as a
monologue by a solo performer. The Xiansheng language is rich in puns(игра слов) and also
allusions. The act sometimes would even include singing, Chinese rapping, and also the use of
musical instruments. Modern Xiangsheng consists of four classic skills which are
1) Speaking where one tells a story which contains humour in it,
2) Imitating where Kouji, accents, dialects, and also other sounds including the singing and
actions of specific characters in traditional Chinese operas are imitated,
3) Teasing is when one makes a joke and
4) Singing is where one sings only Taiping lyrics.
Second one is Nanta is a South Korean non-verbal comedy show and incorporates
traditional samul nori rhythm. It premiered in October 1997 in Hoam Art Hall in Seoul. Special
features of this show is the musical has a simple back story of three cooks attempting to finish
preparing a wedding banquet within a strict time limit while the manager installs his
incompetent nephew among the kitchen staff. The show involves acrobatics, magic tricks,
comedy, pantomime and audience participation. The unifying element throughout the musical
is the use of traditional Korean samul nori music, which in this case is performed with
improvised instruments, such as cutting boards, water canisters and kitchen knives. The
performance is almost completely non-verbal. The very few words which are spoken are mostly
in English.
Third one Macchietta which literally means little spot refers to a form of comedy act that was
very common in Italian theatre between the late 1800s and also during the second half of the
1900s. Macchietta basically consists of comical musical monologues which would caricature
stock characters. Each monologue had some music that would serve as the backdrop for the
whole performance. The acting was then interspersed by brief couplets which would be sung
by the comedian. Macchietta was mostly performed in revues, cafe, etc. It was less frequently a
part of more detailed comedy plays. This genre went out of fashion approximately around 1920
and then it comes back in 1930 because of Gigi Pisano and Giuseppe Cioffi, who created a series
of popular macchiette.
As for me me I don’t have a particular favourite type of humor, every one of them is worth to
be here. However, I guess black humour should be controlled and people who joke about that
kind of topic ought to think it through a lot before joking.
