Screwball Comedy

His Girl Friday was a pretty funny movie for a movie in the '40s, which I really didn't think I would enjoy, but it was pretty damn funny. Anyways, on to the blog theme. There are many subtle differences between slapstick comedies and screwball comedies, but the main difference is that women are the lead roles and they engage in the battle of the sexes, in this case it was Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant. Funny stuff. I also watched this movie right after watching Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, so I guess I will compare it to that in terms of comedic content. After watching Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, it definitely made me turn my brain on and was pretty witty in comedic relief. Getting back to the differences between the slapstick and screwball comedies, slapstick is just for comedic entertainment and screwball is to show equality towards the sexes and is a battle of the sexes comedy. What I really liked about this is that they did not use a bunch of special effects and used a lot of comedic timing to get the point across and it wasn't in-your-face comedy, it was kind of intellectual to an extent. Overall, I liked His Girl Friday because it wasn't like your typical everyday comedy where there are effects used and uses comedic timing to get its point across.