Little Miss Sunshine

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Comedy in Relation to King 's Essay

Little Miss Sunshine , the 2006 film that starred Greg Kinnear , Toni Collette , and Abigail Breslin , and distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures , delved on the events surrounding the Hoover family 's journey from Albuquerque , New Mexico , to Redondo Beach , California , where Olive was among the top qualifiers for the Little Miss Sunshine beauty contest . What was apparent in the film was its employment of realism in such a blatant manner that it caused to emphasize on a

comedy that is founded on a tactless depiction of reality , effecting a situation wherein the manipulation of truth in a comedic manner becomes more realistic than if otherwise confronted in any other form , as explained in the principles detailed in Stephen King 's essay

What makes Little Miss Sunshine an exceptional comedy film is not in the delivery of humorous lines , in the presentation of hilarious situations involving the characters , nor by the employment of Hollywood superstars of the genre . Rather , it is in the presentation of real life experiences that depicted a problematic situation , and where the characters reacted in a normal manner yet exhibited an unusual attitude in relation to the entirety of a particular scene . This was evidenced in the scene wherein Olive was being interviewed on the beauty contest and where after dedicating her performance to her grand father , she was asked by the host , Is he here ? Where 's your grandpa right now , and she replied...