It's the popularity of "Malcolm," with its rapid-fire sight gags and physical comedy, that has opened the door for more single-camera shows.
The spots tend toward rapid-fire sight gags and surreal humor, as when Mr. Willard is promoting FedEx's package-tracking service and asks, "Who likes to track things?" As the camera pans the audience, it lingers on a man applauding who is dressed in a beaver cap and fringed frontiersman costume.
But the once thriving nation is struggling, with no sign of a rapid turnaround in sight.
When these choroidal vessels invade into the retina, the increased vascular permeability results in sub-retinal oedema, which results in a rapid loss of sight (over a few weeks to months).
As I have driven along the coast over the last few weeks, I have come up against familiar sights: rapid transformation, a new order in which there are many winners and fewer losers, and a sense of traditional societies bending, cracking, and in some cases breaking under the strain of new money.
The footage showed several dozen fighters running to the complex and sheltering by an outer wall amid the sound of rapid gunfire and the sight of explosions within the grounds of the academy.
Rejecting the measured growth of its China competitors and of KFCs in other countries, KFC China set its sights on rapid expansion.
The effect is magical, a hoary, twinkling Borsht Belt timeliness that informs every rapid-fire joke, every sight gag, every non-sequitur.
Unlike his rival Mack Sennett, who focused solely on rapid-fire slapstick and sight gags, Roach's comedies "have this unmistakable charm and style," said Bann. "They are not just comedies of slapstick and spectacular stunts.
This first film version, a milestone work in every sense, helped, through its fast, wise-cracking dialogue and rapid editing, to change the sight and sound of the new talkies.
