Horseplay
Horseplay may refer to: * ''Horseplay'' (2003 film), an Australian film * ''Horseplay'' (2014 film), a Hong Kong action comedy film * Horseplay humor, an aspect of low comedy See also * H-O-R-S-E Variations of basketball are games or activities based on, or similar in origin to, the game of basketball, in which the player utilizes common basketball skills. Some are essentially identical to basketball, with only minor rules changes, while ...

Horseplay (2003 Film)
''Horseplay'' is a 2003 Australian Comedy drama film, written & directed by Stavros Kazantzidis and co-written & produced by Allanah Zitserman, starring Abbie Cornish and Marcus Graham. The film is set around the famous Melbourne Cup horse race, in Melbourne, Australia. The film was released on 22 May 2003. Plot Lovable rogue Max Mackendrick dreams about winning big on the Melbourne Cup. Set in the colourful world of horseracing, Horseplay follows the chaotic life of a wannabe horse trainer as he deals with the turf, the ladies and everyone else out to get him. Production The filmmakers said they were inspired by Jacobean theatre and Ealing comedies of the 1950s. Shooting began on 5 November 2001 and finished seven weeks later. Soundtrack # "Would I Lie to You" – Deborah Conway # " Every 1's a Winner" – Kate Ceberano # "The Thrill Is Gone – Renee Geyer # "Everybody" – Abi Tucker # "The Payback – James Brown # "Now That We've Found Love" – Third World # " I S ...
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Horseplay (2014 Film)
''Horseplay'' is a 2014 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Lee Chi-ngai and starring Tony Leung, Ekin Cheng and Kelly Chen. The film's Cantonese and Mandarin theme song, ''Why Not Tonight'' (不如今晚) and ''The Best Night'' (最好的夜晚) respectively, was adapted from Henry Mancini's '' It Had Better Be Tonight'' with Leung, Cheng and Chen performing. Leung and Chen performed the Mandarin version at the 2014 CCTV Lunar New Year Evening on 30 January 2014. Plot While interviewing for a relics smuggling case in London, television hostess Ha Mui ( Kelly Chen) meets multi-faced thief Nine-Tailed Fox ( Tony Leung) and washed out police detective Cheung Ho ( Ekin Cheng). One wants to reveal the truth, one wants to steal the " Tang dynasty Pottery Horse" and one wants to bring criminals to justice. The three of them have different goals, but they must work together to acquire the pottery. Meanwhile, Nine-Tailed Fox is being hunted down by an old enemy and must evade c ...
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Low Comedy
Low comedy, also known as lowbrow humor, in association to comedy, is a dramatic or literary form of popular entertainment without any primary purpose other than to create laughter through boasting, boisterous jokes, drunkenness, scolding, fighting, buffoonery and other riotous activity. It is also characterized by "horseplay", slapstick or farce. Examples include the throwing of a custard pie into another's face. This definition has also expanded to include lewd types of comedy that rely on obvious physical jokes, such as, the wedgie. The term "low comedy" was coined by John Dryden in his preface to his play '' An Evening's Love''. History This type of comedy has been a fixture ever since Greek plays. For instance Sophocles once wrote a satyr play, no longer extant, about satyrs who seek to persuade a king that they are worthy suitors of his daughter by bragging about their capacity for flatulence. Aristophanes claimed that he hoped his plays would not be too highbro ...
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