PPT-A Decade of Dark Humor

How Comedy Irony and Satire Shaped Post 911 America Edited by Ted Gournelos and Viveca Greene Presented by Kate Olson Introduction There is however a counternarrative to 911 discourse in which the past decade can be characterized as much by dissent often in the form of ironic or humorous expression as by acceptance of simplified notions of good and evil and of amplified state power From this perspective far from being an end to anything 911 represents the beginning of a reinvigorated opposition movement to dominant media industry political and economic interests Gournelos and Greene 2011 xi . 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. 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 . an introduction to humor in literature. a. nd in our lives. We hear the word ‘humor’ all the time…. But what does it mean?. According to the Random House Dictionary, humor is defined as . a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing . 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). 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). 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. 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. Dr. JB. MC Eli. Count Zach. Czar Phillip. Definition of Humor. A comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement.. Comic: of, pertaining to, or characterized by comedy. Absurd: utterly or obviously senseless, contrary to all reason or common sense. By Alleen Pace Nilsen. And Don L. F. Nilsen. 1. 2. We won’t define . Arizona. because you can just look around you (NOTE: This PowerPoint is prepared for an . Arizona audience).. But . politics . 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). Humor in Healthcare Mercer County Community College NJ-PREP | TAACCCT Round 4 Network Session Lesson Plan: Humor in Healthcare" by Redondo, Martha; Vaughan, Amanda; Duddy, Lisa , NJ PREP TAACCCT Round 4, Mercer County Community College is licensed under 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.