Aurora Silva
Humor can be used to bring people together or even ease the pain of upcoming news. In "Father of the Bride" George Banks uses his humor to ease the transition of his daughter Annie getting married. There are many ups and downs throughout the movie which creates a humorous feeling while watching the story unfold. Throughout the entire plot, Steve Martin uses more aggressive humor towards his new son in law. He tries his best to be intimidating, manly, and like an alpha of the household.
Instead of creating an intimidating facade, George Banks ends up using self defeating humor to earn more sympathy from his wife and daughter as he has a mid life crisis. In the midst of the movie, he buys himself a new car, gets a new haircut, and looks like the man of the town. This soon comes to an end when him and his daughter have a heart to heart talk in the refrigerator light about how much his daughter Annie means to him.
At the end of the movie, the humor changes to affiliative and we see that George is back to his silly self. He watches his daughter leave with her new husband after their father/daughter dance together. The audience gets a warm sense of happiness at the cheerful and light hearted ending of the movie. The humor fluctuates throughout this movie which allows the audience to see the different types of humor and how they relate to each scene and each character.
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