Breaking the Fourth Wall (in comedy)

No, we’re not talking about house remodeling here, but rather something most of us don’t think about as we watch the characters in a film, play, or on TV. Whether we’re watching them interact in a living room, bedroom, office, or other setting, we are essentially viewing them through an invisible “fourth wall.” After all, if every production set retained all four walls, we wouldn’t be afforded a very good view of the action…