Sullivan’s Travels
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1941 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | Preston Sturges |
| Cast | Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest |
| Genre | Comedy |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | Sullivan’s Travels | – |
| Español | Los viajes de Sullivan | Los viajes de Sullivan |
| Français | Les Voyages de Sullivan | Les Voyages de Sullivan |
| Deutsch | Sullivans Reisen | Sullivans Reisen |
| Português | As Viagens de Sullivan | As Viagens de Sullivan |
| Italiano | I dimenticati | I dimenticati |
| Русский | Странствия Салливана | Stranstviya Sallivana |
| 中文（简体） | 苏利文的旅行 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 蘇利文的旅行 | – |
| 한국어 | 설리반의 여행 | Seolliban-ui yeohaeng |
| ไทย | Sullivan’s Travels | Sullivan’s Travels |
| Tiếng Việt | Sullivan’s Travels | Sullivan’s Travels |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Sullivan’s Travels | Sullivan’s Travels |
| 日本語 | サリヴァンの旅 | Sarivan no tabi |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which artistic seriousness and comic mercy collide within lived poverty
■ Synopsis
A successful comedy director tries to experience poverty in order to make a serious film, then discovers the necessity of laughter for those who suffer.
■ RECIPE Tags
#ComedyAsMercy #ArtisticHumility #PovertyEncounter #Laughter #AudienceNeed
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: The artist who tries to speak for suffering
Reason: The creator approaches poverty as material before being forced into actual vulnerability.
Related Film: Barton Fink - Middle: Class descent as moral correction
Reason: Privileged distance collapses when social suffering stops being an idea and becomes lived reality.
Related Film: My Man Godfrey - Core: Laughter as necessary relief
Reason: The conclusion rejects solemn superiority and restores comedy as human need.
Related Film: The Purple Rose of Cairo
■ Secondary Axes
- Comic dignity: Comedy protects human dignity inside deprivation rather than escaping it.
Related Film: Modern Times - Anti-solemn art: Entertainment becomes a serious moral function under oppression.
Related Film: To Be or Not to Be
■ Person
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest
■ Structural Tags
#ClassDescent #ArtisticCorrection #MercyFunction
■ Attribute Tags
#AmericanFilm #1941Film #ComedyFilm
