Natal de Rita: comedy as resignification and dramaturgy of failure

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  • Diego Hoefel Universidade Nova de Lisboa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2237-9967.2020v9n15p155-173

Abstract

Based on the analysis of the telefilm “O Natal de Rita” (Ricardo Alves Jr., 2017), this paper focusses on the transformations and/or reinventions of the comedy genre in contemporary times. Its main hypothesis points to failure as a central concept in order to understand these reinventions. They operate not only at the content level, as a resignification of maladjustment or failure, but also formally, through the construction of a dramaturgical structure composed of flaws. This apprehension may favor the understanding of how the aesthetic transformations of comedy can contribute to a discussion about the creation of new ways of thinking individual and collective failures, especially in periods of crisis.

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2020-07-20

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HOEFEL, Diego. Natal de Rita: comedy as resignification and dramaturgy of failure . Dispositiva, Belo Horizonte, v. 9, n. 15, p. 155–173, 2020. DOI: 10.5752/P.2237-9967.2020v9n15p155-173. Disponível em: https://periodicos.pucminas.br/dispositiva/article/view/23217. Acesso em: 5 oct. 2025.

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Vol. 9 No. 15 (2020): Dispositiva

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FREE THEME ARTICLES

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