Oceane Taylor

Susan Sontag considers the essence of camp to be its love of the unnatural, of artifice and exaggeration. She also defines camp as a way… Read More »Camp and Social Commentary in Death Becomes Her

In the British sitcom, Miranda, Miranda Hart plays a fictionalised version of herself who frequently breaks the fourth wall, addressing the audience whenever she feels… Read More »Miranda and Zany Work Spaces

What separates splatter films from other horror subgenres are their postmodern underpinnings as they embody the violence associated with our changing world and minds, says… Read More »(The) Weeknd at Arnzen and Carroll’s

The humourous attitude, according to Sigmund Freud, can either be directed towards the subject’s own self or towards other people, bringing a yield of pleasure… Read More »That’s Why Your Dad Died lol

Trigger Warning: faeces Mikhail Bakhtin elaborates on how medieval comedy helped to build a second world outside officialdom. Similarly, the first season of The White… Read More »Carnival Comedy and Crap 💩

One of laughter’s many powers, according to Julian Hanich, is its capability to be a therapeutic form of relief. Much like crying, it can help… Read More »I’m so emotional, I could laugh!

The Sex and the City series perfectly illustrates the story tropes of post-Depression romantic visual media that Stanley Cavell describes in Pursuits of Happiness. SATC… Read More »Cavell and the City

When reading André Jolles’ chapter on wordplays and puns, I immediately thought of this classic joke from The Two Ronnies Sketch Show. The humour in… Read More »Let’s discuss the contradiction – The Two Ronnies

In his book, Machine-Age Comedy, Michael North claims that comedy has traditionally been associated with spontaneity and that comic styles which arise from repetitive movements… Read More »The Simpsons’ Sense of Humour and Rebellion

Gunning’s reading on gags touched upon how the operational aesthetic reflected a fascination with the way things worked, particularly innovative or unbelievable technologies, and that… Read More »The Internet Gag – The IT Crowd