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Trainspotting – Local or universal humour?
Simon Critchley wrote that “A sense of humour is often what connects us most strongly to a specific place”. This got me thinking about films… Read More »Trainspotting – Local or universal humour?
Emily Taylor- Jimmy Carr’s Racism vs. Stewart Lee’s Anti-Racism
Lauren Berlant and Sianne Ngai’s description of the ‘comic alibi’ evoked by certain comedians is reminiscent of the discourse that emerged after Jimmy Carr’s His… Read More »Emily Taylor- Jimmy Carr’s Racism vs. Stewart Lee’s Anti-Racism
Maddie Cornetta – Humor and Language Barriers
Critchley comments on the ways in which humor function as a vernacular, changing based on region, culture and language. Language barriers also functions a humor… Read More »Maddie Cornetta – Humor and Language Barriers
Isabel Burney — Atlanta and the Ambiguity of Racial Humor
Donald Glover’s Atlanta humorously investigates race relations with varying levels of awkwardness, subtlety, and surrealism. It is a noteworthy example of the ambiguity and relativity… Read More »Isabel Burney — Atlanta and the Ambiguity of Racial Humor
Raya Milushev – ‘Derry Girls’ and community forged through humour
Berland and Ngai’s idea that “Comedy helps us test or figure out what it means to say “us.”” indicates how comedy helps strengthen our personal… Read More »Raya Milushev – ‘Derry Girls’ and community forged through humour
Francis Yamamoto – Critchley, Foreign Humour and In Bruges
Critchley stated that “in ethnic humour, the ethos of a place is expressed by laughing at people who are not like us, and usually believed… Read More »Francis Yamamoto – Critchley, Foreign Humour and In Bruges