In his writing, Simon Critchley identifies that it is difficult to translate verbal humour between cultures and therefore has a certain exclusivity (Critchley 68). He… Read More »Contextual Humor and Saturday Night Live بلعراي
In his article Horror and Humour, Carroll identified that while there are “striking coincidence(s)” (Carrol 146) between humor and horror, what separates them is the… Read More »Hana El Hilaly – Unlikable Heroes and Horror Comedy
Kostko argues that awkwardness shares an intrinsically social characterestic; it solely arises from breaking or avoiding societal rules. However, when these norms are unknown, it… Read More »Hana El Hilaly- Cultural Awkwardness and First Dates
At the time of its release, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1975, USA) was the epitome of Sontag’s depiction of Camp. The film… Read More »How Camp is The Rocky Horror Picture Show today?- Hana El Hilaly
The concept within the readings that I found the most entertaining in this week’s reading was that by Umberto Eco, “Comic pleasure means enjoying the… Read More »Hana El Hilaly – The Minions and Crime.
Trahair’s chapter Jokes and their relation to… addresses the differences in relation paradigms that Freud uses to distinguish between comics and jokes. While they are… Read More »Hana El Hilaly -Comic, Jokes and Insults- Frankie Boyle Audience Annihilation
In his essay, Bergson points out that comedy is essentially human. It cannot be associated with inhumane objects or creatures and is rooted in society… Read More »Hana El Hilaly- “Comic is strictly human” and Bojack Horseman
When reading Tom Gunning’s chapter, I found her argument on the influence of the Lumiere Brothers’ film L’Arroseur arrosé (Lumiere, Paris, 1865), on narrative comedy… Read More »Hana El Hilaly- Roadrunner the Rascal, Wile E Cayote the Victim.