"A Funny Thing"

The sexist, racist, and overall inappropriate content in "A Funny Thing..." comes across as less serious and is delivered in more of a mocking style, therefore I feel like it's okay for us to watch it in current times although some audiences may still be offended by its humor. Also because we can pick up on the fact that they are just making fun of classic stereotypes. In a modern remake, I don't think they would need or be able to change much, because of its outrageous and joking nature and removing some of the more risky jokes would take away from the overall effectiveness of the film.

I personally think that the sexiest, racist, and other inappropriate jokes were not that offensive to the point that we shouldn't watch the movie. I think that we should watch it nowadays in order to analyze it and see what comedies from the time it was made were like.  If there was I remake I think the only change they should make is that the main characters should have a change of heart at the end. The jokes should remain the same so the audience can get a sense of what things were like back then, but at the end the main character realizes that it's wrong to make jokes like that and they shouldn't make them. Overall I think it was a good movie, I really enjoyed it.

A Funny Thing...

The use of racist, sexist and inappropriate jokes in this film does not necessarily mean that we should not watch it. In reality all of the movies we have watched so far have consisted of blatant racism and sexism in a serious form. This film as a comedy makes these jokes to play on the real racism and inappropriate nature of serious toga films.  I think this film was done in a very tasteful way, and was really entertaining.

"Casina" vs. "The Braggart Soldier"

Both of these plays had rather questionable plot-lines regarding the women, and honestly would not bode well in a modern movie environment; entrapment of women and slaves, taking advantage of them, etc. However, I think the most suitable for a movie adaptation  would be "Casina" because I think there is a good array of characters that is easy to keep track of, the story is easier to follow than that of "The Braggart Solider" and it was overall more comedic. The story of a vengeful wife getting back at her unfaithful husband is a little more relatable to a modern audience, though the part where Lysidamus is ashamed for being sexual with Chalinius would also be a little questionable. Getting revenge on Lysidamus for taking advantage of who he thinks is Casina I think is more satisfying to read than getting revenge on Pyrogopolynices; that's because the woman - Cleostrata - is getting the last laugh.

The Braggart Soldier vs. Casina: Which is more suitable for a movie adaptation?

I think that Casina would be a better suited play for a movie adaptation. The plot was very straightforward and there was a reasonable number of characters. I enjoyed Cleostrata's constant scheming to catch her husband, it was by far the funniest bit from either of the plays. The end of the play was also very satisfying and reminiscent of movie plots. The Braggart Soldier was generally less interesting. The plot was over-complicated and it was hard to keep up with all of the characters. I think that Casina was funnier and is therefore more suitable to be a movie.

Casina v. The Braggart Soldier

I preferred "Casina" over the "The Braggart Soldier" because I felt that the story in "Casina" was much easier to follow. While both stories had no such good themes of trapping women and exploiting them, I liked the plot of "Casina" better, and the witty banter kept the story moving and interesting. One thing that both plays had, but "Casina" did better, was the use of fourth-wall breaks. The breaks in "Casina" develop the characters and add funny details to the story, and the breaks in "The Braggart Soldier" are less developmental and the characters aren't thinking to themselves they are more just bragging to themselves. Overall I felt "Casina" was the better read and better-formatted play. 

Casina vs The Braggart Soldier

While "The Braggart Soldier" would definitely make for a better movie, with its more "complicated" plot and characters, I enjoyed reading "Casina" more just for how absolutely bonkers it could get. I was shocked at times with how vulgar the play would get at times. Nowhere else will I find characters that hate each other for no reason as much as the characters in this play. It was also much easier to read, as well. One thing I noticed "Casina" did better was its fourth-wall breaks. In a lot of them, the characters are just contemplating and might as well be speaking to themselves. They help develop the characters. In "Braggart Soldier," many of the fourth-wall breaks are just the characters bragging about how great they or their plans are, which is probably the point, but it often breaks the pace of the play for me. Overall, "Casina" was the better read for me.