본고는 1960년대 후반기 한국 코미디영화의 웃음을 창출하는 방식에서 드러나는 전통희극의 미학적 요소를 고찰하고자 한다. 첫째, 등장인물들의 외형․성격․언행의 웃음 창출 요인은 전통희극과 밀접한 연관성을 보이고 있다. 등장인물의 외형은 코미디언의 외형상의 특징과 연관되며 규범에서 벗어난 외형에서 웃음을 창출한다. 등장인물의 성격은 외형과 성격의 대조 혹은 강조를 통해서, 이질적이고 편협하고 완고한 성격을 비판함으로써 웃음을 창출한다. 등장인물의 언행은 비정상적이고 비논리적인 행위와 말을 통해 실수와 약점이 드러남으로써 웃음을 창출한다. 코미디영화는 이런 외형, 성격, 언행에서의 웃음을 통해서 부르주아 계층과 남성들을 비판한다. 둘째, 등장인물들에서 드러나는 웃음의 기법과 원리는 전통희극과 밀접한 연관성을 보이고 있다. 하층계급 주인공들은 파격․일탈, 패러디, 흉내 내기, 말 재담을 통해서 웃음을 창출한다. 주인공들은 상층계급 적대자와의 관계에서 재치․사기․속임, 비꼬기․비판하기, 반격․역전을 통해 적대자의 어리석음과 탐욕을 보여준다. 여성들은 폭로하기․들추기, 외도를 통해 웃음을 창출함으로써 적대자들의 욕망과 위선을 드러낸다. 남성들은 대부분 허풍․허세, 실수하기, 풍자를 통해 그들의 무능력, 비겁함을 드러낸다. 셋째, 영화들의 웃음의 기능에서도 전통희극의 미학적 요소가 나타나고 있다. 이 영화들은 이중적 비판, 풍자․해학의 혼합, 아이러니를 통해 우회적 비판, 은근한 웃음, 갈등의 해결을 보여준다. 웃음의 기능에서 그 영화들은 인물의 결점`추함, 지배계급에 대한 비판, 가면을 통한 문제해결, 낯설게 하기를 통해 관객에게 우월감, 긴장 해소, 해방감을 제공한다. 이렇듯 1960년대 후반기 한국 코미디영화는 등장인물의 외형․성격․언행, 웃음의 기법과 원리, 웃음의 기능 등에서 전통희극의 미학적 특성이 드러나고 있다.

I want consider some aesthetic elements of Korean traditional comedy in the method to raise a laugh in the Korean comedy films of the late 1960’s. First, the factors to raise a laugh in appearance, personality, speech and action of the characters relate to Korean traditional comedy. The appearance of the characters gets a laugh by the special features of comedians and the appearance below the standard. The personality of the characters gets a laugh by criticizing differential, narrow and obstinate personality, and by contrast or emphasis of appearance/personality. The speech and action of the characters raise a laugh by revealing mistakes and defects with abnormal and illogical speeches and actions. The comedy films criticize the upper class citizens and the males by this laugh of appearance, personality, speech and action. Secondly, the techniques and principles of laugh in characters relate to Korean traditional comedy. The protagonists--the lower class citizens-- raise a laugh by an irregularity, deviation, parody, imitation and witticism. The protagonists criticize silliness and greed of the antagonists--the upper class citizens-- by wit, fraud, trickery, cynicism, comment, a counterattack and reversal. The females reveal desire and hypocrisy of the antagonists by exposure, disclose and debauchery. The males reveal their incapacity and cowardice by exaggeration, bluster, a mistake and satire. Thirdly, The comic features and functions of laugh in the films have some aesthetic elements of Korean traditional comedy. In the comic features, the films show indirect criticism, polite laugh and reconciliation of conflict by double comments, mixing satire/humor and irony. In the functions of laugh, the films give audience a sense of superiority, relieving the tension and a sense of freedom by defects and indecent behavior of characters, criticizing the upper class citizens, a solution of problem, and unfamiliarity. The Korean comedy films of the late 1960s’ have some aesthetic elements of Korean traditional comedy in the factors to raise a laugh in appearance, personality, speech and action of the characters, in the technique and principle of laugh in characters, and in the comic features and functions of laugh.

I want consider some aesthetic elements of Korean traditional comedy in the method to raise a laugh in the Korean comedy films of the late 1960’s. First, the factors to raise a laugh in appearance, personality, speech and action of the characters relate to Korean traditional comedy. The appearance of the characters gets a laugh by the special features of comedians and the appearance below the standard. The personality of the characters gets a laugh by criticizing differential, narrow and obstinate personality, and by contrast or emphasis of appearance/personality. The speech and action of the characters raise a laugh by revealing mistakes and defects with abnormal and illogical speeches and actions. The comedy films criticize the upper class citizens and the males by this laugh of appearance, personality, speech and action. Secondly, the techniques and principles of laugh in characters relate to Korean traditional comedy. The protagonists--the lower class citizens-- raise a laugh by an irregularity, deviation, parody, imitation and witticism. The protagonists criticize silliness and greed of the antagonists--the upper class citizens-- by wit, fraud, trickery, cynicism, comment, a counterattack and reversal. The females reveal desire and hypocrisy of the antagonists by exposure, disclose and debauchery. The males reveal their incapacity and cowardice by exaggeration, bluster, a mistake and satire. Thirdly, The comic features and functions of laugh in the films have some aesthetic elements of Korean traditional comedy. In the comic features, the films show indirect criticism, polite laugh and reconciliation of conflict by double comments, mixing satire/humor and irony. In the functions of laugh, the films give audience a sense of superiority, relieving the tension and a sense of freedom by defects and indecent behavior of characters, criticizing the upper class citizens, a solution of problem, and unfamiliarity. The Korean comedy films of the late 1960s’ have some aesthetic elements of Korean traditional comedy in the factors to raise a laugh in appearance, personality, speech and action of the characters, in the technique and principle of laugh in characters, and in the comic features and functions of laugh.

Korean comedy films in the late 1960s’, the method to raise a laugh, Korean traditional comedy