The University of Minnesota's The Pope and the Witch by Dario Fo is a play that emphasizes many political and religious issues that still affect the world today. It seems that with the content of the play, it should not be a comedy. However, comedic tropes are all over the play to give light to these serious issues and consequently turn a, what should be, drama into a more light-hearted, yet still controversial play. Comedic tropes such as satire, automatism, and situation add to this production in a comedic way to not only get serious political and religious opinions across to an audience in a lighter way through the characters, settings, and props, but also to give a new meaning to religious and political problems facing the world today through sarcasm and wit. However, even though this play is meant to be a comedy, it does have a serious moral to it.
The comedy in this production serves a very distinct purpose: to take some controversial weight off of the political and......
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