The Research Of The Self-presentation Of Celevrities On The Roast Show Based On Dramaturgy Theory

The aim of this paper is conducting a comprehensive research of the celebrities's self-presentation on the Roast show.The introduction overviews the the background of the research,significance,methods,concepts,and the introduction of the status from home and abroad.The main body consists of four chapters.The first chapter gives the introduction of the Roast and the Dramaturgical Theory,then chapter one analyzes the reasons that why Dramaturgical Theory can be used as the theoretical premise of analyzing the Roast show.Chapter two through Chapterthree are the core body of this paper,which analyzes the Self-presentation of celebrities on the Roast.Comprehensive use of dramaturgical theory and other relevant theoretical knowledge.According to self-presentation process,this part was divided in three directions:the state before entering the stage,on stage and the closing stage.In dramaturgical theory,the author Goffmnan thinks there is a front region where the performers(individuals)are on stage in front of the audiences and there is also a back region,where individuals can prepare for or set aside their role.By introducing onstage and backstage performance theory,the first part mainly analyzes how celebrities and the program group made the preparations for the show before they enteredthe stage.The second part cutting in from screenplay,performance content and the cooperation between them,to talk about acting out a role.This part deeply concentrates on the point of the screenplay and how screenplay makes its own demands.Then the following sections describe how to make a theatre mask for stage accoring to the screenplay.In view of theatrical troupe 's great significance,the next part aims to describe the cooperation between the theatrical troupe.Celebrities' self-images have been constitude by all the medium texts and arranged chronologically thus they are also temporary.So the final part puts the self-images into the comparative perspective of the before and after stage concept.Chapter four,the conclusion part of this paper,it summarizes the main ideas of the thesis.Limitations and subjects for further research are also discussed.At last,the paper rethink the self-presentation of celebrites on the Roast.We shouldn't ignore the negative effects and take a rational attitude towards it.