Commedia del Arte Reflection

This past week we have started to study Commedia del Arte. This Italian style of Drama is oneof the most, if not th most, influential style of commedy in the history of theater. In class we have now looked at three characters: zanni, lover and pantalone. Out of these three I personally like the zani the most. Even though all three have very funny aspects, zanni's stupidity makes it a one-of-a-kind character. We also learned about the rest of the character of Commedia, and the character I am most looking forward too is Harlequino. I don't know what exactly attracts me the most to this character, but I really like it. It may be the fact that it makes fun of everyone, including superiors. Some friends have told me that that character fits me perfectly. I honestly don't know if it fits me, but it is definately the character I am most interested in.