PPT-Arizona, POLITICS, AND HUMOR

By Alleen Pace Nilsen And Don L F Nilsen 1 2 We wont define Arizona because you can just look around you NOTE This PowerPoint is prepared for an Arizona audience But politics . What Makes Something Funny?. Three Levels of Comedy. Low comedy. Based on the physical. Often includes crude or “potty” humor. Doesn’t take much thought to “get it”. Sometimes referred to as “dumb humor”—gut centered. Tomas Rincon. Breakdown. Topic- Humor. Focus- Racial Humor. Method- Content Analysis and Textual Analysis. Target- Comedy Central Roasts (Flavor . Flav. , Roseanne, David . Hasselhoff. , William Shatner, Charlie Sheen, and Bob . Humor. Humor. Humor. Humor. Humor. What makes people laugh?. Humor. What makes YOU laugh. ?.   . What . do you find funny & why?. Humor. Why do a humorous speech?. Humor . is pervasive . and . universal (all cultures & languages laugh). With more terms!. Superiority Theory. The notion that all humor involves some play with the dichotomy of superior vs. inferior.. Either we are made to feel superior to the butt of the joke or we see that one’s sense of superiority makes them flawed (think Colbert). Flashback: Pranking Ethic. be safe . not damage anything . not damage anyone, either physically, mentally or emotionally . be funny, at least to most of the people who experience it . GABYP – Get Authorization Before You Prank. in the Workplace. Nicholas . Mosca, M.Div.. nick@nickmosca.com. @. revelinrev. nickmosca.com. . Who is this guy?. Theologian: . Inspirational . Speaker . & Writer. Educator. Neurotic . New Yorker . Chris Osborne . Can’t Define Humor. Superiority – Don . Rickles. . Incongruity – Jokes . Tension Release – Oscars . The Theories of Humor. . Jokes. S. arcasm. S. atire. M. imicry. I. rony. E. The aqueous is the thin, watery fluid that fills the space between the cornea and the iris (anterior chamber). . It is continually produced by the . ciliary. body, the part of the eye that lies just behind the iris. . Kravchuk. . Polina. , 6-a. Contents. :. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………...3. Chapter I . Teoretic. ………………………………………………......................4. By Alleen Pace Nilsen. And Don L. F. Nilsen. 1. 2. We won’t define . Arizona. because you can just look around you.. But . politics . is a more complicated word. It is cognate with such terms as:. Aristotle defined comedy as one of two main forms of drama—comedy and tragedy. Most contemporary views see comedy as a form of humorous text. Why are we amused?. Relief theory. Reducing physiological tension caused by the self-censoring of the baser instincts (Freud). 1. Exaggeration 2. Tragedy Time = Humor. 3. Creativity 4. Group Identities. 5. Minor vs. Major Hostilities 6. Tone . 7. Expectations and Reputation . By Alleen Pace Nilsen. And Don L. F. Nilsen. By Alleen Pace Nilsen. And Don L. F. Nilsen. 1. 2. We won’t define . Arizona. because you can just look around you.. But . politics . is a more complicated word. It is cognate with such terms as:. Humor. What makes people laugh?. Humor. What makes YOU laugh. ?.   . What . do you find funny & why?. Humor. Why do a humorous speech?. Humor . is pervasive . and . universal (all cultures & languages laugh).