04-11-2017, 12:09 PM
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[Note: Text liberally & lazily snitched from Wackypedia here & there as needed, in lieu of over-exerting my tiny grey cells]
Corpsing is British theatrical slang for unintentionally breaking character by laughing. In North American TV and film, this is commonly referred to as breaking*, and it is generally categorized as a blooper. The origin of the term corpsing itself is unclear, but may come from (provoking an actor into) breaking character by laughing while portraying a corpse. As the name suggests, many examples of corpsing have been created from actors performing this role or related roles, such as a sleeping or unconscious character.
* From "breaking the fourth wall" (i.e., the illusionary reality-division between real life and fictional onstage life, an invisible plane demarking the audience's conventional point of suspension of disbelief in regards to the dramatic mise-en-scène, defined by the proscenium arch. For a bravura comedic treatment of the attempt at transcendence of this convention by the so-called "New Theater" movement, see Bill Irwin's brilliant work in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AVifTdjtvE
Oops:
Oops -- or not? Your call. It seems to me to be a dead young woman with her eyelids not quite closed, notwithstanding
the seeming false-flag psyop nature of the very politically convenient warmonger's-cause-friendly event in question:
http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/gl...in/ri19458
A significant aspect of the corpsing phenomenon is the frequently deliberate and usually benign attempts among actors to cause uncontrollable laughter in fellow cast members. During the "Pete and Dud" sketches in the BBC comedy series Not Only... But Also, Peter Cook would deliberately ad lib in an attempt to make Dudley Moore corpse—and he invariably succeeded. But he himself sometimes succumbed to the absurdity of the proceedings:
One of the most famous American examples of comedy partners corpsing is Tim Conway's effect on Harvey Korman during The Carol Burnett Show...
... although Conway considered the other cast members fair game as well, as in this ultimately censored bit:
[Note: Text liberally & lazily snitched from Wackypedia here & there as needed, in lieu of over-exerting my tiny grey cells]
Corpsing is British theatrical slang for unintentionally breaking character by laughing. In North American TV and film, this is commonly referred to as breaking*, and it is generally categorized as a blooper. The origin of the term corpsing itself is unclear, but may come from (provoking an actor into) breaking character by laughing while portraying a corpse. As the name suggests, many examples of corpsing have been created from actors performing this role or related roles, such as a sleeping or unconscious character.
* From "breaking the fourth wall" (i.e., the illusionary reality-division between real life and fictional onstage life, an invisible plane demarking the audience's conventional point of suspension of disbelief in regards to the dramatic mise-en-scène, defined by the proscenium arch. For a bravura comedic treatment of the attempt at transcendence of this convention by the so-called "New Theater" movement, see Bill Irwin's brilliant work in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AVifTdjtvE
Oops:
Oops -- or not? Your call. It seems to me to be a dead young woman with her eyelids not quite closed, notwithstanding
the seeming false-flag psyop nature of the very politically convenient warmonger's-cause-friendly event in question:
http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/gl...in/ri19458
A significant aspect of the corpsing phenomenon is the frequently deliberate and usually benign attempts among actors to cause uncontrollable laughter in fellow cast members. During the "Pete and Dud" sketches in the BBC comedy series Not Only... But Also, Peter Cook would deliberately ad lib in an attempt to make Dudley Moore corpse—and he invariably succeeded. But he himself sometimes succumbed to the absurdity of the proceedings:
One of the most famous American examples of comedy partners corpsing is Tim Conway's effect on Harvey Korman during The Carol Burnett Show...
... although Conway considered the other cast members fair game as well, as in this ultimately censored bit: