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The Hospital is a 1971 American absurdist satirical black comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller [2] and starring George C. Scott as Dr. Herbert Bock. It was written by Paddy Chayefsky, who was awarded the 1972 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. [3]
Quacks, created by James Wood, is a BBC sitcom about four Victorian era doctors. [1] The series combines satire, absurdist comedy and traditional slapstick, with stories often being based on real history. [2] Despite generally favourable reviews it was cancelled after one series. [3]
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (known simply and more commonly as Dr. Strangelove) is a 1964 political satire black comedy film co-written, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Peter Sellers in three roles including the title character.
It is hard to imagine the anti-comedy comic's act going over warmly in a room full of middle-aged suits, but his unique blend of absurdist humor is exactly why Michaels thought he was a perfect ...
Surreal humour (also called surreal comedy, absurdist humour, or absurdist comedy) is a form of humour predicated on deliberate violations of causal reasoning, thus producing events and behaviors that are obviously illogical.
The Best of Men is a 2012 period drama television film, which dramatizes the pioneering work of Dr Ludwig Guttmann with paraplegic patients at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, which led to the foundation of the Paralympic Games. It stars Eddie Marsan and Rob Brydon, and aired on BBC Two.
The actors humor him for a bit, leaning on the rapport they’ve established with the audience to land a few laughs at the intruder’s expense, then politely ask him to leave.
Hysteria is a 2011 British period romantic comedy film directed by Tanya Wexler. It stars Hugh Dancy and Maggie Gyllenhaal, with Felicity Jones, Jonathan Pryce, and Rupert Everett appearing in key supporting roles. [1] The film, set in the Victorian era, shows how the medical management of hysteria led to the invention of the vibrator. [1]