Which modern TV programs and/or Films and their characters have been influenced by Commedia del arte?
I think the sitcom writers use styles from all different sources but the TV shows that could fit into the Commedia del arte are: The Nanny: the Nanny herself would be a Columbia, living in a high society household, Pantalone, Mr Sheffield is the (nice) master of the house, the children could represent the lovers (played with no masks and only concerned with daily matters like a boy friend at school or study etc.) Niles could be a Petrofina and La Donna is played by the blond Ce Ce. Seinfield: you could say that Kramer is a Zanni but just because he acts zany doesn’t mean that it s Commedia del arte. The one thing that makes Seinfield like Commedia del arte is it s scenarios. Plots within plots and even subplots that cross paths and plans that always backfire on the initiator/s. The Simpsons: Cartoons always look like Commedia del arte style, the masks are large charactatures of the types of people in our communities of old and of course the Simpsons represent large charactatures of peo
