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Jonathan L. Crane explores horror and irony in his work ‘It was a dark and stormy night.’ What We Do in the Shadows (Taika Waititi… Read More »It was dark and stormy In the Shadows

In their writing ‘The Absurd’ and ‘On Humor’ Thomas Nagel and Sigmund Freud explore ideas of humour, dark comedy and absurdity. In 2012, Metro Trains… Read More »The Smart Humour of Dumb Deaths

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

When describing the grotesque image, Bakhtin writes that it “reflects a phenomenon in transformation, an as yet unfinished metamorphosis, of death and birth, growth and… Read More »Bakhtin and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

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

The Vicar of Dibley hosts several zany characters that often create awkward moments for poor vicar Geraldine Granger. Although Geraldine is depicted as the sanest… Read More »The Zany Vicar

“Patterns of speech are relatively stable and predictable, with most turns lasting roughly two seconds and pauses between turns usually lasting around 200 ms—about the… Read More »Off the Social Script – The Big Bang Theory

In her work, Alexandra Plakias explores ‘the way awkwardness emerges from discoordinated interactions’ (p20), arising from situations where there is a discord between those interacting… Read More »Gavin, Doris and the Awkward