Introduction
According to Marriam-Webster's Online Dictionary:
Pronunciation: 'slap-"stik
Function: noun
Date: 1896
1 : comedy stressing farce and horseplay; also : activity resembling slapstick
- slapstick adjective
According to Film Site's Comedy Film Section:
Slapstick, one of the earliest forms of comedy, poked fun at farcical situations of physical mishap and indignity, usually in pratfalls, practical jokes, accidents, acrobatic death-defying stunts, water soakings, or wild chase scenes with trains and cars.
Moods Settings and Personalities
Mood is all in the matter of timing for slap stick comedy. The settings in the movie act as an never ending pull of Pandora's box.
Every slapstick comedy actor knows how to portray their characters personality in the films.
Buster Keaton
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Charlie Chaplin
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Laurel and Hardy
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The Marx Brothers
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