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title: "Lazzi: The Comic Routines of the Commedia dell'Arte"
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# Lazzi: The Comic Routines of the Commedia dell'Arte

**Brand:** mel gordon
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- **What is this?** Lazzi: The Comic Routines of the Commedia dell'Arte by mel gordon
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Lazzi: The Comic Routines of the Commedia dell'Arte

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## Customer Reviews

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    Important contribution to commedia dell'arte studies
  

*by S***Y on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 9, 2014*

This text contains about a dozen lists of numbered lazzi (jokes/gag routines used in commedia performances) that gives a great impression of the kinds of humor, creative acting techniques, and general mayhem presented in commedia.The lazzi lists are followed by two scenarios revolving around the zanni character, Pulcinella: "Pulcinella, The False Prince" and "Pulcinella, Physician by Force." Each presents different themes: the first satirizes court culture, with Pulcinella transformed magically into a prince and immediately wreaking havoc on the city and especially on his enemies; the second is a typical commedia plot with two pairs of lovers whose plans for marriage are frustrated by their uncaring, greedy fathers--and of course, it's up to Pulcinella (the "physician") and his gang of servant friends to save the day.This is a great text, but most likely not for casual readers; this will be great material to work from for theater and literature courses however. It takes patience and imagination to bring the Pulcinella scenarios to life, as they don't contain lines of specific dialogue, but rather present summaries of each scene along with suggestions for occasional lines, gestures, and gags (from the lazzi lists in the front of the book).The scenario are followed by a list of characters typically found in commedia dell'arte troupes.I use the book in teaching a university class on global comedy, partly because it nicely illustrates the evolution of comic forms from earlier Greek and Roman antecedents through more modern forms in theater, film/TV, and literature.For a complete study of commedia, it would need to be supplemented with a study of masks and costumes and a few more visual elements (ideally videos that can often be found online) of commedia troupes in performance.

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    very good book
  

*by I***A on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 31, 2019*

very helpful

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    It's alright. That is all. Just alright. ...
  

*by P***J on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 18, 2015*

It's alright.  That is all.  Just alright.  I'm also not a big literature fanatic.

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