Meaning of fourth-wall joke | Babel Free
Definitions
Noun. [B2]
Examples
“It was cool to be able to do kind of fourth-wall jokes, where we’re treating the characters as if maybe they’re not just characters.”
“One of the great things about 22 Jump⟳ Street, which does for sequels what the previous film did for big-screen TV adaptations, is that it incorporates all its fourth-wall jokes and references into an actual plot.”
“Brooks’ formula includes a tight script, likable characters, Borscht Belt humor, vaudevillian song and dance⟳ numbers, deliberately Brechtian fourth-wall jokes, intertextual references to other films and personalities, provocative innuendo, and colorful language, creating films that are outré yet have⟳ wide audience appeal.”
“Guess⟳ I really like⟳ fourth-wall jokes.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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