The Fourth Wall

[Zelgaddiss]

 

[Stilgar]

Wut

 

[euph]

this must be an inside geek joke

 

[Senty]

"Breaking the fourth wall" refers to a situation in which a character reveals his or her awareness of the audience (this can also be called metatheatre). The technique has been used for millennia: it was standard practice in Greek comedy. For instance, at one point in the Greek playwright Aristophanes' play Peace, the hero Trygaeus (who is being lifted into the air by a crane situated offstage) tells the crane-handler to be more careful.

 

[Zelgaddiss]

Think of a sitcom set, 3 walls and the fourth is the camera, "Breaking the 4th wall" is talking to the audience, deadpool does that a lot.

 

[Stilgar]

Ah...looking into the camera - an aside.

 

[Travace]

another ..im not nerdy enough to get it thread

 

[Zelgaddiss]

Mostly posted that for deadpool, Just got / reading through Cable and Deadpool now, thought he only had his own series and a couple cameos, so glad there is more.

 

[Stilgar]

Comic book reading ftw.

 

[assfrags]

Not an aside. Theres a big difference.

 

[Zelgaddiss]

 

[PyroTeknik]

 

[Zelgaddiss]

http://www.theangrypuppy.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/deadpoolyellowboxes.jpg

I still am wondering what books that one comes out of.

 

[Zengei]

 

[Zengei]

 

[Amadeus]

another ..im not educated enough to get it thread

fixed

 

[Teratos]

Even with my excellent appreciation of the theatre, I did not find the OP humorous.

 

[Megaera]

SO, now its a Deadpool Fourth Wall Saga.