The Comic Hero In The Wedding Singer

In modern time, when someone watches a comedy movie they think of the humor and entertainment they will get out of it, but comedy is not all about the hilarity. A true comedy movie follows a normal, everyday character, known as the comic hero, who is easy to love and sympathise with. This character is in search of their rise in fortune, such as love or friendship. Also, they struggle with outside, more powerful forces, the blocking characters. The comic hero must fight the blocking character in order to get what they want. Success is usually achieved with help from the main character’s friend or mentor. In the movie The Wedding Singer, the main character Robbie and his coworker Julia are both engaged, but with the wrong people. Robbie struggles

Robbie Hart is the comic hero in The Wedding Singer, and he is engaged to Linda who fell in love with him because of his dream to be a rockstar. At their wedding Robbie was stood up by Linda, in spite of the sunny blue skies. The next day was gloomy and dark, when Robbie found out from Linda that she did not want to marry him because he became a wedding singer, not a rockstar. At his next wedding gig, Robbie sings “Celebration” by Kool and The Gang. Instead of a cheerful, happy tone, he sang it to be sad and depressing. Then, Robbie sings “Love Stinks” by The J. Geils Band, and points out people in the crowd who feel as if the world is also against them. After Robbie’s performance, he is known as “mentally insane” and having “a nervous breakdown,” according to his sisters husband. Robbie’s new name as the “crazed” person in town proves that Robbie is only human, is not flawless, and makes mistakes that give him a bad reputation. Comic heroes are not perfect, they are very real, relatable and do not ask for much. Robbie is not much of a materialistic type of person, for he gets paid in meatballs to teach singing lessons to an old lady. He would much rather help someone out of the kindness of his heart demonstrating the “lovable loser” type. Despite everything going on in Robbie’s life, Julia befriends him and helps him sort out his problems. Little does

The overarching theme of The Wedding Singer is “love conquers all” because the comic hero is in search for the love of his life. In the film, Robbie had a lot of friends and even strangers supporting him and looking out for him, all while he remained optimistic knowing that one day he will find true love. Truly loving someone is a huge deal. Love needs a lot of effort and time put in to be able to maintain a well balanced relationship. Comedy is the rise of fortune in a character who faces a blockage while still having a support system behind