In Grace’s lead blog she analyzed a bizarre video entitled “4 Bad Cups.” In this video a man in a high pitched voice tried four different beverages on a table. As Grace pointed out, the setting of the video was quite weird. It took place in an all white room. Grace noted that it resembled …
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Response to Walker’s Blog
In Walker’s blog this week he did something a little different than usual. While normally we analyze a clip that is a skit or an acted out scene, Walker analyzed a series of jokes from a stand up comedian named Anthony Jeselnik. The jokes he made were on controversial topics and each joke had a …
My Lead Blog
For my lead blog, I am analyzing a clip from the show Brooklyn Nine-Nine, in which the main character Jake, a detective, is conducting a police line up. The witness is trying to identify who killed her brother, which is unknown to the audience until the end of the clip. Out of all the theories …
Response to Mallory’s Blog
In Mallory’s blog this week she analyzed a video from the Limmy’s Show, in which a Scottish man named Limmy poked fun at the fact that people pay for bottled water when we have access to tap water from our faucets at home. This video is the perfect example of satire to me. This video …
Response to Elizabeth’s Blog
In Elizabeth’s blog she analyzed a video called “Company is Coming” in which a male Youtuber pretends to be a mother, getting her house ready for company. The Youtuber is alone in this skit as the video jumps from one scene to another of the mother character yelling for something to be cleaned in the …
Response to McKenna’s Blog
In McKenna’s blog she analyzed a Saturday Night Live Skit entitled “Debbie Downer.” In this skit a woman named Debbie continued to say pessimistic things while on a vacation to Disney World with her family. McKenna claimed that this video’s humor aligned with the incongruity theory of humor. She states that “Audiences do not expect …
Response to Lauren’s Blog
On Lauren’s blog this week she posted a video about a Barbie Doll complaining to her doll boyfriend about how he is not romantic. This video touched on some serious topics like gender roles and norms. I agree with Lauren that this video does contain tendentious jokes, which are a part of relief theory, because …
Response to Anna Kathleen’s Blog
In Anna Kathleen’s blog this week she analyzed a video about Jeanne Robertson, a comedian. In this video Jeanne Robertson tells a story from her life about her husband going to the supermarket. Anna Kathleen claims that the way Jeanne Robertson tells this story makes it comedy. According to Anna Kathleen’s blog, maybe this story …
Response to Alex’s Blog
This week on Alex’s blog post he analyzed two different videos. He argued that none of the four theories of comedy (incongruity, superiority, relief, and benign-violation) could fully account for why both of these videos are funny. Alex made some really good points about the weaknesses of each theory. I agree with Alex that benign-violation …
Response to Jack’s Blog
In Jack’s blog this week he analyzed a scene by Key and Peele. This video involved a substitute teacher pronouncing people’s names wrong. These names like “Blake” should have been easy to say. Instead of saying “Blake,” the teacher pronounces it “Block-Ay.” Blake is a pretty normal name so most people would know how to …
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