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Discussion4.1 Approches to Bringing up Baby

Discussion4.1 Approches to Bringing up Baby

Q Having seen Bringing Up Baby and the material in the volume edited by Gerald Mast, let's have a discussion about the film, and compare and contrast it with the silent film It, with special focus on the narrative and acting. Choose one of the following questions to get you started on your discussion post. 1. How does spoken dialogue contribute to both what story is told and how the story is told, as well as the acting performances? Refer to the screenplay in the book as you think about this.

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Bringing up Baby provides a unique proposition and I would say that it was quite a brave movie to make at that time. Spoken language surely adds a better hue of color to the prospect of what is told and how it is told. The acting performances also gets enhanced due to the dialogues present. When there is dialogue in the movie then that makes the movie more appealing and accessible by a larger set of audience. And for a movie like ‘Bringing up Baby’ dialogue is very essential because it otherwise the comic elements would not have been expressed effectively. In the course of research for this movie in particular I came across the term ‘screwball comedy’