Commedia Characters/Terms Flashcards
What is the purpose of the lower status characters?
Poor people want to mock people of higher status
What are the 3 high-status characters and what are their “labels”?
“Brains” - Dottore
“Body” - Capitano
“Money” - Pantalone
Who are the lower status characters?
Arlecchino
Colombina
Brighella
Innamorati
Scaramouche
What is funny?
Dressing in drag
–Violating social norm
Plosive consonants
–(k- funniest consonant)
3-set up
Reinforce
Laugh
Slipping/getting hit/falling
Pantalone
Old man
–Ancient
–Oldest
Has young/beautiful wife/daughter
Incredibly wealthy
Miser
Wants the money & the women
Job of the character is to lose
Dottore
Pompous
Loves to hear own voice
Constantly lecturing
Does not know what he is talking about
Walks in circles
Talks in circles
Flails
Capitano
Loud
Big voice
Big sword/weapons
Violent
Boasts about how women love him
Boasts about battle
(Runs away from fights & knows nothing about women)
Arlecchino
Mischievous
Gets into trouble but miraculously gets out of trouble
Uneducated
Street smart
–Quick
–Does not think in complex ways
Lucks out of things
Altruistic
In love w Colombina
Colombina
Smart female
–Smarter than all the men
Sees through all the craziness
Comic servant
Sarcastic
Nearly always right
Beautiful
Deals w problem of men chasing her
Brighella
Dark side of Arlecchino
Self-serving
Conniving
Thief
Wants to posses women/money/power
Does not have them though
Not the bad guy all the time
Innamorati
Young lovers
Basically comedy R+J
Job is to be in love
Over-love
Scaramouche
Drunk humor
Does thing that they would normally not do
Truth serum
Reveals things
Key to plot
Lazzi
Bit of business done to get a laugh
–killing kenny
–“beep beep”
Repeated
Scenario
Outlines for performed sketches
Not scripted fully
How it’s played and said would be made up on the spot
Commedia Characters/Terms
Old man
–Ancient
–Oldest
Has young/beautiful wife/daughter
Incredibly wealthy
Miser
Wants the money & the women
Job of the character is to lose
Pantalone
Commedia Characters/Terms
Pompous
Loves to hear own voice
Constantly lecturing
Does not know what he is talking about
Walks in circles
Talks in circles
Flails
Dottore
Commedia Characters/Terms
Loud
Big voice
Big sword/weapons
Violent
Boasts about how women love him
Boasts about battle
(Runs away from fights & knows nothing about women)
Capitano
Commedia Characters/Terms
Mischievous
Gets into trouble but miraculously gets out of trouble
Uneducated
Street smart
–Quick
–Does not think in complex ways
Lucks out of things
Altruistic
In love w Colombina
Arlecchino
Commedia Characters/Terms
Smart female
–Smarter than all the men
Sees through all the craziness
Comic servant
Sarcastic
Nearly always right
Beautiful
Deals w problem of men chasing her
Colombina
Commedia Characters/Terms
Dark side of Arlecchino
Self-serving
Conniving
Thief
Wants to posses women/money/power
Does not have them though
Not the bad guy all the time
Brighella
Commedia Characters/Terms
Young lovers
Basically comedy R+J
Job is to be in love
Over-love
Innamorati
Commedia Characters/Terms
Drunk humor
Does thing that they would normally not do
Truth serum
Reveals things
Key to plot
Scaramouche
Commedia Characters/Terms
Bit of business done to get a laugh
–killing kenny
–“beep beep”
Repeated
Lazzi
Commedia Characters/Terms
Outlines for performed sketches
Not scripted fully
How it’s played and said would be made up on the spot
Scenario
