Casey Haskins brings to his article the controversy surrounding the movie Life is Beautiful, which is a comedy that has a concentration camp as background. ... Why is life beautiful at a concentration camp? ...
One of the first points Haskins makes is that Life is Beautiful is a tragicomedy because the plot is divided in two parts: the first focuses on happy days as Guido meets and marries Dora, and the second one is the tragedy of Guido and his family being sent to a concentration camp. ... For many, it was a terrifying time that should be kept sacred and be portrayed only with seriousness, which is exactly the contrary of Life is Beautiful, which is a comedy with cartoon-like characters. ... “Life is Beautiful status with respect to many of their constitutive claims is at best ambiguous. ...
As I watched the second part of the movie, as Guido is trying to make his son believe life in the concentration camp is a game, my heart sank. ... But with a comedy so light hearted, and a great comedian like Benigni, it takes only a few minutes to figure out that the movie has nothing to do with making fun of an extremely important event, but showing that life can be beautiful in adverse conditions. For Giosue, life was beautiful.
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