Sit Com Essay
... I am going to use the situational comedy South Park as an example to prove that by using the four main conventions of a sit-com: Consistency and Predictability, a Small Regular Cast, Humor and Realism. Although a new problem is always resolves in each episode overall nothing ever changes in sit-coms. ... Most sit-coms are set in the same environment, rooms, buildings, and streets. ... In sit-coms characters are rarely changed or developed, for example, Kenny is always poor, Cartman is always fat, selfish and mean, Stan always throws up all over his girlfriend and Kyle, well Kyle is always a little Jewish kid with `B***h` mother, and no matter how many times the four best friends ` learn something` the next episode they are still the same with the same values and attitudes. ... A small regular cast contributes to the statement because the cast is always the same, but at the same time the characters are very different so the viewers can always see the same characters that they love and hate and the variety of the characters allow the sit-com to appeal to a wider target audience. Different sit-coms rely on different combinations of either Slapstick/Physical or Verbal Humor, sometimes both. ... Different types of humor help because it allows for the sit-com to appeal to a wider range of people in different way. While obviously fictional, and sometimes even venturing into the world of fantasy, sit-com generally aims for Realism. They offer the impression of watching the real world and the real events, but this is where South Park is very, very different from the typical sit-coms.