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Voytilla & Petri. Can you teach somebody to be funny? Can you teach somebody to tell a funny story? You can teach somebody how to tell a story. Once upon a time, there was a troll…. Story structure = sequenced problem solving Voytilla: Myth and the Movies. “The Hero’s Journey”.
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Voytilla & Petri • Can you teach somebody to be funny? • Can you teach somebody to tell a funny story? • You can teach somebody how to tell a story. • Once upon a time, there was a troll…. • Story structure = sequenced problem solving • Voytilla: Myth and the Movies
What’s funny about that? Is comedy a special variation of the structure? Is comedy a special set of ingredients within the structure? Is comedy an overlay of funny things onto the structure? What’s to teach, in other words?
More basically Do Voytilla and Petri have a coherent theory about: • What’s funny and why? • What is film comedy and how does it work? • What are the functions and effects of film comedy?