Game of Thrones is not a comedy, but it plays like one on TV.
Comedy is as important in drama as it is in life.
give a shot to get into the headspace where you’re free to watchCasablancaas a comedy.
Its almost a rom-com.Game of Thronesis not a comedy, but it could be.
It has all the elements: Witty lines, alert timing, visual gags and chemistry.
The dragons slay me.
Game of Throneshas that Chemical X.
Its got so much chemistry that I can dawdle a bit on the physical comedy.
Lets start with Khal Drogo (Jason Momoa) and that golden crown.
You want a golden crown?
Ill give you a golden crown.
Viserys Targaryen gives a comic tour de force as the drunk straight guy.
You cant get a better straight guy.
Hes in Bud Abbott territory.
Viserys is played by Harry Lloyd.
Isnt Harry short for Harold?
Is this the new Harold Lloyd?
Harold Lloyd was all about that physical comedy, hanging from clocks and such.
That straight man dynamic is all about relationships which goes into chemistry.
There are many comic duos onGame of Thrones.
King Robert (Mark Addy) has Ned (Sean Bean).
The two characters establish their brand of comic chemistry immediately, in the series opener.
But at the end of the day, they can kick back and laugh it all off.
Oh, and speaking of long-suffering, Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) is a master of the eye-roll.
Funny can be punishable by death in Kings Landing.
Stannis is as straight as you could get.
I dont think Ive seen him crack more than three smiles in four seasons.
But Davos is the kind of character who would have great chemistry with anyone.
Davos bonding with Gendry (Joe Dempsie) is also lighthearted and earthy.
You get the feeling Cunningham could joke his way out of any situation.
That is true of a lot of the secondary characters who have age on them.
Age adds weight, like weight adds weight onGame of Thrones, to the crinkled comedians.
Kind of like Elaine Stitch with a superior accent.
Diana Rigg is of course a natural at anything shes done.
Theres a classic chemistry in pairing adults with children and it is not lost inGame of Thrones.
They are very sensitive to each others comic needs.
The little rascal, or should I say the little Dickens since shes been looking like a chimney sweep.
Cersei may be the most hated character onGame of Thrones, but I just love her lines.
Filled with venom and cruelty, they are uncensored utterances of unchecked derision, and promises of personal undoing.
Every breath you draw in my presence annoys me, she informs an elderly pervert physician.
Joffrey is a hoot, really.
Completely unfettered and unchecked, everyone laughs at the slightest of witty rejoinders.
Which do you prefer your hands or your tongue?…
or on putting his diminutive Uncle Tyrion to bed: Ladies, pick up my uncle.
Dont worry he isnt very heavy.
Castration, not the most whimsical of wisecracks, is funny when it comes with breakfast sausages.
Tywin Lannister (Charles Dance) knows funny.
The subtle flirtations hidden by outward ambiguity make for great slapstick sexual tension.
He drove lesser actors from the stage, never to perform in public again.
He gave as much as he got from Tina Fey on30 Rock.
Tyrions most easy rapport is with Bronn (Jerome Flynn), though this isnt fair.
Bronn is another character whose comic chemistry mixes with any actor on the set.
His lessons with Jaime Lannister are as sharp with rapier lines as with the swords.
Dinklage is a master mixer.
The dwarfish Imp can belittle a king and make an old whore blush.
Great delivery of great lines is only half of what Dinklage brings to the small council table.
Dinklage actively listens and minutely telegraphs his setups.
His eyes can laugh or glower, but they almost never lose their humor.
When he is broken, his tongue takes over for those eyes.
Tyrion isnt at his best when hes at his worst, hes consistently on point.
Jokes that are cruel.
Jokes that veil threats.
There are many clever characters onGame of Thrones,but there are also laughs aplenty for the groundlings.
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