Introduction Comedy is a form of entertainment that brings laughter and uses wit and humor. Comedy is a performed humor which covers scripted or improvised dialogue done by a group‚ duo or in solo; in any medium; television‚ radio or theatre. Plato asserts that comedy is a mixture of pleasure and pain causing laughter at the ridiculous situations of those who are ignorant of their own weaknesses. For Plato‚ comedy is destructive; it is ‘dark‚’ (Aichele‚ 1980). On the other hand‚ for Aristotle‚ comedy
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References: 12 Humor Theories Speck (1991) provided a framework for the study of humor ads 13 According to Raskin ’s (1985)‚ semantic script theory of humor‚ jokes describe a certain "real" situation and evoke another "unreal" situation‚ which does not take place and which is folly or partially incompatible with the former 17 Spotts‚ Weinberger and Parson (1997) conducted a study that showed 55% of the ads were humor dominant‚ 20% were information focused and 25% were
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“God Loves Drunk People Too‚” is a funny story about a couple who gets an unexpected visitor in the middle of the night. When this visitor asks for a favor the couple must decide whether or not they should help him. This story’s humor belongs to the Incongruity theory because at the beginning of the story when the main character refuses to help someone‚ the audience begins to think that something bad may happen to the husband or the man will be stranded in the rain. But at the end of the story‚
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others‚ and a principled individual must avoid such a hateful response to the faults of others(Grunberg‚ 2011). The Traditional Theories of Laughter Three theories of laughter are common to the philosophy of laughter and humor. The superiority theory is unquestionably the oldest. All laughter is a response to the comical ignorance in others. The superiority theory makes a solid case by claiming that laughter is derision towards another’s misfortune‚ and a good laugh commonly follows the painful
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everything‚ she accepts her fate and realises how she she was blinded by society. That moment of realisation made her burst into laughter because she finally understood that she was competing against something she could never win‚ Destiny. Also‚ Monro’s theory of relief can be part of the explanation of why the last scene was a comedy. The society was constantly restraining her from expressing her feelings and thoughts‚ making her keep everything for herself. After trying to overcome in an every obstacles
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Humour in Advertising 1. Humour is generally used to evoke the recipients’ attention Due to the fact that many markets are rather saturated today‚ many commercials aim rather at the recipients’ emotional attention than at presenting a product’s features and advantages. In order to appeal emotionally to the viewer/reader‚ ads use different strategies. Humour provides one strategy with which an advertiser may evoke positive feelings. These positive feelings can potentially lead to cognitive
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something is funny. There are some interesting theories‚ though‚ on this matter. For Aristotle‚ comedy is based on “an imitation of men worse than the average‚” of people who are “ridiculous”. Hobbes carried the same idea a bit further. He said‚ “the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from a sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves by comparison with the infirmity of others‚ or with our own formerly.” There is another theory that is probably the most important and
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Summary 1 Humor usually tends to provide amusement and provoke laughter. Anything funny usually makes people laugh‚ smile and be amused. Jean Harvey explains that people who have a great sense of humor appear to be disappointed less by failure and are more relaxed. On the other hand‚ those who appear anxious and solemn are often more serious and look as if something might be disturbing them. Humor always makes people ready to face new challenges that may come up in life. Humor usually equips us with
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How could you possibly think having a sense of humor is unnecessary? Having a sense of humor helps people connect‚ helps people cope with their stress‚ also having a sense of humor can lighten up your mood. Just think about it‚ having a sense of humor helps people connect. I say that because when people are with friends they usually have fun‚ talk with each other and get along. Isn’t it nice to spend a day with your friends having fun‚ enjoying each other’s company and seeing them laugh
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Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein said‚ “A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.” Despite the buffoonish imagery that comes to mind when one considers the joker‚ the clown or the pie-in-the-face comedian‚ humor is more than mere silliness. It is an advanced intellectual means of developing new perspectives and coping with extreme circumstances. A maltreated animal has two potential responses to an abusive master: attack to stop the abuse‚ or cower/flee
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