CAT | Comedy
For example, in The Knight with the Lion, the story begins as the King leaves court in order to be with the Queen. He disregards his followers (they stalk him like zombies) and his Knights and his Kingly duties at Court in order to have sex with his queen. He immediately falls asleep. The court is left to wonder where he has disappeared to, and the celebration comes to an immediate halt. Here, De Troyes illustrates King Arthur as apathetic, lazy and uncaring. Arthur is depicted as a poor leader, subject to the whims and desires of his queen. More importantly, this is the entire role that Arthur plays in this story. He serves only to create confusion or turmoil, and never plays the ‘hero’, remaining insignificant throughout. Clearly, these are not the actions of the leader of a society enjoying a golden era. This was actually not a great time to live.
A problem with webseries today is that too many actors decided to make their own webseries. Not that I have anything against actors writing material for themselves, sometimes an actor has the very best understanding of how to showcase their talents. But, the problem is that a lot of times when actors decide to make comedy videos to distribute on the internet, the subject is always the same: struggling actors inHollywood. I don’t know why so many actors think that everyone will want to watch the plight of a 20-something waiter going to auditions on the side. But I have news: that’s not even interesting to other actors. Sure it’s what they’re all going through, but who cares? It’s not that interesting. It’s so typical that it’s lost all viability as a topic for webseries. It’s even worse now that the internet is already inundated with actors saying hey, look at me, I’m a struggling actor but I’m making this webseries. Ha, isn’t it funny? No, dude. It isn’t.
