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Florida State University Absurdity and Black Humor in Screenwriting Essay

Overview

discuss how “After Hours” (1985) and “A Serious Man” (2009) are not only stories that share the genre of black humor but are stories that operate entirely off the idea of absurdity.  Analyze the structures, characters, universal ideas, and arcs of these screenplays and reveal consistent elements between the two that play crucial roles in writing screenplays that are absurdist, and filled with black humor.