13-425: It Takes Two may refer to: Film [ edit ] It Takes Two (1982 film) , a Hong Kong film directed by Karl Maka It Takes Two (1988 film) , an American comedy directed by David Beaird It Takes Two (1995 film) , an American comedy starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Music [ edit ] Albums [ edit ] It Takes Two (album) or
26-713: A camp sensibility lay behind the successful Carry On films , while in America subversive independent film-maker John Waters made camp films for college audiences with his drag queen friends that eventually found a mainstream audience. The success of the American television show Saturday Night Live drove decades of cinema with racier content allowed on television drawing on the program's stars and characters, with bigger successes including Wayne's World , Mean Girls , Ghostbusters and Animal House . Parody and joke-based films continue to find audiences. While comedic films are among
39-418: A happy ending , with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film, and it is derived from classical comedy in theatre . Some of the earliest silent films were slapstick comedies , which often relied on visual depictions, such as sight gags and pratfalls, so they could be enjoyed without requiring sound. To provide drama and excitement to silent movies, live music
52-737: A 1982 sitcom starring Richard Crenna and Patty Duke It Takes Two (Australian TV series) , a 2006 version of the UK celebrity singing series Just the Two of Us It Takes Two (Singaporean TV series) , a 2012 Chinese-language drama It Takes Two (game show) , a 1969 American game show Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two , a UK programme 2004–present Episodes [ edit ] "It Takes Two" ( Desperate Housewives ) "It Takes Two" ( Make It or Break It ) "It Takes Two" ( RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars ) "It Takes Two" ( Smart Guy ) Other uses [ edit ] "It Takes Two" (story) ,
65-408: A 2009 science fiction story by Nicola Griffith It Takes Two (video game) , a 2021 action-adventure game developed by Hazelight Studios See also [ edit ] Take Two (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title It Takes Two . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
78-402: Is a 1982 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Karl Maka and starring Dean Shek and Richard Ng . This article related to a Hong Kong film of the 1980s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor . These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have
91-515: The film industry due to their popularity. In The Screenwriters Taxonomy (2017), Eric R. Williams contends that film genres are fundamentally based upon a film's atmosphere, character, and story, and therefore, the labels "drama" and "comedy" are too broad to be considered a genre. Instead, his taxonomy argues that comedy is a type of film that contains at least a dozen different sub-types. A number of hybrid genres have emerged, such as action comedy and romantic comedy . The first comedy film
104-414: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=It_Takes_Two&oldid=1179652149 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages It Takes Two (1982 film) It Takes Two (Chinese: 難兄難弟)
117-743: The most popular with audiences at the box office, there is an 'historical bias against a close and serious consideration of comedy' when it comes to critical reception and conferring of awards, such as at the Academy Awards . Film writer Cailian Savage observes "Comedies have won Oscars, although they’ve usually been comedy-dramas, involved very depressing scenes, or appealed to stone-hearted drama lovers in some other way, such as Shakespeare in Love ." According to Williams' taxonomy , all film descriptions should contain their type (comedy or drama) combined with one (or more) sub-genres. This combination does not create
130-694: The title song (see below), by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock, 1988 It Takes Two , by Soulsister , 1988 Songs [ edit ] "It Takes Two" (Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston song) , 1966 "It Takes Two" (Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock song) , 1988 "It Takes Two", by Katy Perry from Prism "It Takes Two", from the musical Hairspray "It Takes Two", from the musical Into the Woods "It Takes Two", by Camila Cabello and Anna Kendrick from Trolls Band Together , 2023 Television [ edit ] Series [ edit ] It Takes Two (American TV series) ,
143-508: The use of comedy film to make social statements by building their narratives around sensitive cultural, political or social issues. Such films include Dr Strangelove, or How I Learned to Love the Bomb , Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? and The Graduate . In America, the sexual revolution drove an appetite for comedies that celebrated and parodied changing social morals, including Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and Fanny Hill . In Britain,
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#1732890966238156-414: Was L'Arroseur Arrosé (1895), directed and produced by film pioneer Louis Lumière . Less than a minute long, it shows a boy playing a prank on a gardener. The most notable comedy actors of the silent film era (1895–1927) were Charlie Chaplin , Harold Lloyd , and Buster Keaton , though they were able to make the transition into “ talkies ” after the 1920s. Film-makers in the 1960s skillfully employed
169-417: Was played in sync with the action on the screen, on pianos, organs, and other instruments. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1920s, comedy films grew in popularity, as laughter could result from both burlesque situations but also from humorous dialogue . Comedy, compared with other film genres , places more focus on individual star actors, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to
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