Trainspotting – Local or universal humour?
Simon Critchley wrote that “A sense of humour is often what connects us most strongly to a specific place”. This got me thinking about films… Read More »Trainspotting – Local or universal humour?
Simon Critchley wrote that “A sense of humour is often what connects us most strongly to a specific place”. This got me thinking about films… Read More »Trainspotting – Local or universal humour?
Critchley comments on the ways in which humor function as a vernacular, changing based on region, culture and language. Language barriers also functions a humor… Read More »Maddie Cornetta – Humor and Language Barriers
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