Lesson 10 The Royle Family

Audience Pleasures
Objective : develop understanding of
audience pleasures for comparison
Series 3 Episode 3
Starter :

What are the main differences between The I.T
Crowd and The Royle Family?
Audience Pleasures Examples
Narrative Linear
Satire Homelife:
Narrative
(equilibrium dis)
catchphrases
stereotypes Father :
Mother :
Audience recogntion
(U and G
Self recognition)
Physical Comedy
Running Jokes
Series 3 Episode 3
Mise en scene in titles ironing board and washin g in front room
Father shot composition in chair away from rest of family
Comedy from situation Hes under the bloody thumb alright he is not a bollody man then tea out of
mouth and Jim and Twiggy jump up to decorate
Decorating with spatulas Twiggys son charged with theft
Extended music scene Mambo number 5 comedy of dancing while decorating and cooking reminiscent
of Morecambe and Wise
Stereotype of mother cooking for all / dad complaiing about money steamer 15 a bloody day
Dave enters to help with the decorating/stripping
Comedy at expense of Cheryls weight
Ohh Cheryl I forgot to ask you, hows your dads ingrowing toenail.
Puns, hes resting his foot on a puff.
Pleasures from familiarities with characters.
70s wallpaper and furniture, Jims slovenly vest and range of track suits