HBO’s The Rehearsal is a perfect example of how the zany Nathan Fielder plays into his canonically awkward persona. Here, Fielder plays a version of… Read More »The Rehearsal is … erm … awkward? – Rebeca Ravara
(TW: I guess? For horror?) I love horror films: the good and bad, I always enjoy a horror flick, whether I am genuinely frightened or… Read More »The Conjuring 2 lowkey funny – Rebeca Ravara
Community is known for playing with dark and absurd themes in its episodes, such as when two characters find themselves in a hidden paradise. Essentially,… Read More »Oh, he Super-Ego’s in this?: Community and the absurd – Rebeca Ravara
Being able to describe the term ‘camp’ has proved an arduous task for a multitude of scholars. Following Susan Sontag’s seminal essay Notes on Camp, the… Read More »RuPaul’s Gay Sensibility – Rebeca Ravara
Umberto Eco’s definition of the ‘comic effect’ in relation to the carnival follows a specific formula based on the breaking of a certain rule by… Read More »“They took away my legs but they can’t take away my spirit!” – Rickety Cricket as the Grotesque
Julian Hanich’s essay on the phenomenology of cinematic laughter discusses a variety of cinematic laughing types that occur as either film laughter (in response about… Read More »Brian Griffin’s Comprehension Laughter – Rebeca Ravara
Stanley Cavell’s Pursuits of Happiness presents the genre of remarriage as a subgenre of romantic comedy starting around the 1930s. Even then, it has its precedents… Read More »On Homer and Marge’s Romance and Remarriage – Rebeca Ravara
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEsj5bPsqHO/?igsh=ZXkyYmRobTk1N3N0 André Jolles speaks heavily on the concept of mockery in his essay “Joke”, emphasizing the difference between satire and irony, of which I think… Read More »Sue, did the president call? – Rebeca Ravara
https://youtu.be/n188Cp8rzlA?si=5oeUWYdlEaF8GjZj Among other theories, Henri Bergson’s essay on the comic refers to the connection between the human and the mechanic. He points to one of… Read More »An inconvenient tooth – Rebeca Ravara
https://youtu.be/dKYGsFiI8fA?si=a1ZsuPft7pOqtdHf How I Met Your Mother is a memorable sitcom reliant on various comedic moments – or bits – but within which the Slap Bet… Read More »Slap and Chase – Rebeca Ravara