Farce:
Farce
which is referred to as comedy of situation, is a humorous play on a trivial
theme usually one that is familiar to the audience. The themes that are treated
in farce include mistaken identity; elaborate misunderstanding, switched
costume (men in women’s clothes) heroes forced under tables, misheard
instructions, discoveries, disappearances and many such situations. Farce is
not considered an intellectual drama because it does not appeal to the mind. It
deals with physical situations and does not explore any serious idea. It
presents physical activities that grow .out of situations like the presence of
something when something is not expected or the absence of something when
something is expected. Farce does not treat serious social issues.
Sometimes
it does not tell a full story or present a logical plot. A good example is
somebody walking md slipping on a banana peel .and falling in an exaggerated
manner. The main objective is to entertain by evoking laughter. It presents
mainly mechanical actions to show that human life is mechanical, aggressive,
and coincidental.
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