BenS
Sunday 1st September 2013 1:33am [Edited]
122 posts
I agree with David, if you're going to be analyzing them or commenting on evolution of the genre or even on individuals start with the older ones and work up.
A potential angle you could go with is starting with a particular actor first, watch as much of their work as you can find and then comment on the career as a whole or the actor's evolution as a comedian. For example: if you were to start with Rowan Atkinson, you could look at his early roles, Blackadder, Bean, The Thin Blue Line, Comic Relief, stand-up, Johnny English, etc,. Or, do the same with producers or writers, look at their early work and then progress through to their most recent and comment on that. Might be quite interesting to do. I've done that just for my own enjoyment with French and Saunders and it's incredible if you really watch to see how much they change as entertainers.
Good luck with it, I look forward to reading!