In the absence of social scripts, which Plakias describes as unconscious prescriptions of behavior that guide us through social interactions, the resulting awkwardness can produce… Read More »Awkward interviews, unstoppable forces and immovable objects
The three theories of horror comedy for this week seem to blend together many of the elements of previous weeks readings: incongruity and superiority, camp… Read More »okay flay
Absurdity, for Nagel, comes from the human ability to take a “backward step”– to perform detached self-analysis, distanced self-critique and meta-cognition– yet our unrelenting pursuit… Read More »Smiling Friends and a positive absurdism
Ross’ more holistic reading highlights what I think is a really interesting complication in the production and consumption of camp: the confrontation of aristocratic sensibility… Read More »our camp in front of them…
Scenes mainly referenced (sorry this is a longer vid): [0:00-2:20] – Infection of the carnival; [6:00-7:10] – Death and fusion-birth; [9:20-9:55] – Revival and separation-birth… Read More »Throwing up at Target from the always-carnival
In the format of a panel show, laughter is the real object of competition despite the background pretenses of playing a game show. However, it… Read More »8 out of 10 comedians are laughing (Alex Gold)
In Frye’s account of comic resolution, the concluding “festival” stood out to me. In ancient Greek comedies, both an individual and a social issue are… Read More »Step Brothers: wedded lovers? (Alex Gold)
Approaching joking from an anthropological perspective, Mary Douglas situates joking among other social rituals: joking is a performance reliant on one’s social relationships and cultural… Read More »Joking about the joking ritual : Norm Macdonald (Alex Gold)
I found it incredibly interesting to read the conflict in Bergson’s interpretation of comedy. He begins by pointing out the necessary connection of comedy and… Read More »Bergson would have loved Instagram reels (Alex Gold)
I found myself torn between Crafton and Gunning’s differing conceptions of gags in relation to narratives in terms of what made most sense to me… Read More »Gags and (meta)narrative – (Alex Gold)