Film Analysis

Order Description After viewing Some Like it Hot (1959), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), and Blazing Saddles (1974), consider how comedy, especially parody, satire, and black comedy is able to address/comment on societal problems of the 20th century such as: racism, gender issues, stereotyping, authoritarianism, crime, injustice, war, etc. Also, consider more existential issues such as: identity construction, sexuality, community/human relations, modernity, communication/language, etc. and how comedy provides a platform to confront and correct problems in these fictive worlds. In your answer describe what type of comedy each uses and what comic elements or devices are present. Consider the genres that are being parodied, and why the directors/writers felt that they best suited the problems being addressed.