A brief analysis of Guy Ritchie’s postmodernist style in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Abstract

Black comedy is not a strictly critical concept of literary theory, but with the application of postmodernism in movies, the application of black humor in black comedy subverts the traditional way of humor. As early as the 5th century BC in Greece, comedian Aristophanes created literary works with humorous black color. In the 1960s, the publication of Friedman’s short story collection Black Humor marked the formal birth of black humor literature. (Thompson Bordwell 78) After the popularity of this school for several years, its influence penetrated the film field. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels by Guy Ritchie is a typical representative of contemporary black comedy movies.