Laurel and Hardy: They're Like a Puzzle Game of Old:
I think I might've been 9, when I first cought a glimpse of a
Laurel and Hardy film and sadly that would be the only time I saw
the oddness of a silent film play out to make me laugh. Two days
ago, I got into watching the odd clip on YouTube and thought of a
reasoned comparison for any Laurel and Hardy short or film--they're
like one of those old adventure games Lucas Arts use to do, with
the clicking about to find the next piece of the puzzle.
Everything on screen is a potential part of the puzzle and with any given Laurel and Hardy short, you have to keep your eyes peeled on everything that appears on screen--a sublte impression of what could happen at any given moment for your eye to catch before it happens. Though you'll need to figure out what, how and why humour could derive from such a brillience.
The humour is old, but it still packs a sublte punch that slapstick (when done right) can be a brilliently timed piece, where each action has a reaction later on, gears clicking into each other until the time is up.
Not much to do with writing
Everything on screen is a potential part of the puzzle and with any given Laurel and Hardy short, you have to keep your eyes peeled on everything that appears on screen--a sublte impression of what could happen at any given moment for your eye to catch before it happens. Though you'll need to figure out what, how and why humour could derive from such a brillience.
The humour is old, but it still packs a sublte punch that slapstick (when done right) can be a brilliently timed piece, where each action has a reaction later on, gears clicking into each other until the time is up.
Not much to do with writing
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You're right about watching out for the clues. One of many parts of the conedy was the pleasure of anticipating what was going to go wrong. I love L and H - haven't seen them for ages. None of the rest of my family are into them, and they think I'm mad when I just crease up.
The one where they have to get the piano up all those steps gets me every time...
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