The Heat, By Ashburn And Mullins

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The Heat contains a prevalence of humor, happy ending, magnified disorder, and an uplifting existential worldview that fits the nature and composition of comedy as a genre. This film presents us with a multitude of kinds and intensities of humor which grab the audiences’ attention. There are moments within the film that cover all ends of the spectrum from droll to dry or even uproarious humor. An example of droll can be the tracheotomy scene, whereas Mullins continuously mocking the albino illustrates a more uproarious scene. Throughout the film there are a variety of conflicts and challenges that get resolved ultimately leading to the happy ending. Before the film concludes with an uplifting existential worldview, it makes us ponder the fundamental ideas about the nature of our existence. The Heat transitions very smoothly to demonstrate how we arrive at this happy ending from the crap shoot we started at. I am choosing to focus on the elements …show more content…

First, we are presented with the various conflicts mentioned above to help show us how they can be resolved to further develop the plot. Then, we are presented with the happy ending. The way that Ashburn and Mullins complete their mission and overcome their differences plays a major part of the story. They begin as antagonists, adversaries, or rivals as some would call them (Ashburn and Mullins when they first meet), and then have a change of heart and undergo a moral conversion due to career advancements and friendships. Their relationship begins in the interrogation room. Ashburn needs to interview the prisoner for an undercover FBI operation. Within a second of entering the room, Mullins says “I’ve been thinking of thirty ways to kill you, what are you a lawyer?” Ashburn then takes a shot back at Mullins. These two don’t get off to a friendly start. Their relationship starts off very slowly when they learn they must work