The main purpose of feature film is to entertain. Making audiences laugh is more important than making them think. Discuss this with detailed reference to Bend it like Beckham. .
A comedy about bending the rules to reach your goal, "Bend It like Beckham" explores the world of women's football, from kick-abouts in the park to free kicks in the Final. Heart-stopping talent doesn't seem to be enough when your parents want you to hang up your football boots, find a nice boyfriend and learn to cook the perfect chapatti. As viewers of "Bend it like Beckham" we tend to get immersed in the humour and overlook the main issues and themes being communicated. In the film, Gurinder Chadha has included a serious tone although sometimes overriding it, with over zealous characters and manufactured events. .
Before you can decide whether humour overrides the film purpose, we have to understand why we laugh and what makes a film or line "comical." Human behaviour leads us to understand that we make fun at others expense. We tend to find humour mainly in issues that we have little information on or preconceived ideas about. To coincide this idea we tend to find humour when people who do not fully understand what is being communicated. For example, when an Indian Wedding Guest responds to a comment, "Lesbian? I thought she was a Pisces." This is funny to a western audience, as we make realisation that culturally homosexuality, is not accepted in India and she is ignorant to open sexual preferences that is accept in the English society. .
In many situations, humour is added to a serious topic to get the message across in a more straightforward manner. This is evident when trying to portray the theme of cultural difference. In many serious films, they get their message across in a direct manner, although this may prove to be less entertaining for their audience. Challenging cultural ideas and expectations is a major component if not the purpose of the film.
