Learn to laugh without crying Cover Image

Lerne lachen ohne zu weinen
Learn to laugh without crying

Author(s): Wolfgang Sréter
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Photography, Sociology
Published by: Uniwersytet Jana Długosza w Częstochowie
Keywords: laughing at oneself; restrained laughter; smile as an expression of joy; smile as an expression of pain; mocking laughter; hearty laugh; canned laughing

Summary/Abstract: The focus is on different types of laughter: from laughing at oneself, restrained laughter, a smile as an expression of joy, a smile as an expression of pain to mocking laughter and a hearty laugh. The evoked images oscillate between scenes on the street, Robert Capa’s photographs from 1945 taken for “Life” magazine, laughter lessons in a drama school drawn from “Lachschule der Gebrüder Laschensky” (Laughter School of the Laschensky Brothers) and gales of laughter (canned laughing) from the US series “The Big Bang Theory”.

  • Issue Year: 5/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 19-26
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: German