CRWR 311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sarcasm, Internal Monologue, Greek Chorus
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The re-ordered expectation the music acts as the premise. 5 main comic elements popular in the 20s and 30s and again in the 50s and 60s. Two of more things that dont belong together. So far we"ve talked about the music and the lyrics working together - prosody - but in comic lyrics, the music might be incongruous to the words. The speaker says one things but means another. A subversion of status like someone in a nice tuxedo getting hit in the face with a pie. Parody lyrics lyric that pokes fun"s at the original work, its subject, author and or style through humor, imitation, or satire. Feels less like a takedown of those artists. Additional considerations for writing comic lyric the joke needs to be clear, especially if your listener is hearing it for the first time. Don"t bury the joke in musical complexity or musical business - you"ll lose the line.
