English 113-102-Drama Formal Blog, "Arsenic and Old Lace." Ze Vue

             Arsenic and Old Lace(A&OL) is an enjoyable movie.  The color is in black and white, and did not bother me, because the graphics with the audio is clear.  A&OL have lots of sarcasm and irony making A&OL more interesting.  The movie was a comedy which gives it thumbs up because everyone likes a good laugh when watching a movie. The film was greatly pieced together allowing the audience to appreciate the humor of the film.  I noticed the movie in black and white giving me the impression that the movie was no good.  My wrong assumption got the best of me and i could have lost the opportunity to watch a great film.
             A&OL would be a favorite black and white film of mine considering I haven't watched a black and white film since the early 1990's.  I thought it was funny how Mortimer tried so hard to get rid of the the dead old man killed by his aunt and later found a different dead body in it's place right after Teddy was just finished getting rid of the old man.  It was ironic that Mortimer's brother happened to have another dead body to fit the cellar, but it happened to be able to place it in the trunk.
              In regards to the trunk in A&OL, the film Sweeney Todd, also had a trunk containing a dead body.  The two plays connects very well in many ways given the facts that they are both dark comedy, containing lots of irony, and sarcasm.  Although the theme of Sweeney Todd was based on a revenge there was still room for humor.  To support this, when Toby was mentioning how delicious the meat pies were gave me a nice cruel laughter of Toby not knowing what he is eating makes me laugh.
            A&OL  might be written just for a good laugh or a moral point was behind the whole movie.  It could've been a psychological perspective view on a typical family in reality no family is perfect.  A&OL lesson of a perfect family could have been a lesson being exemplified through out the film at the same time making the film enjoyable. 
            Overall the film was funny and is going to be one of my ancient black and white favorites film of the old age.

 Work Cited

Arsenic and Old Lace. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. Gary Grant, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson, and Peter
              Lorre.  Warner Brothers, 1944. DVD

Sweeney Todd: The Demong Barber of Fleet Street. Screenplay. Stephen Sondheim. Dir. Tim Burton.2007. Dreamworks, 2008. DVD