Category: Blog Post 2 (due Monday Feb 1 by 5pm)
Readings:
• Henri Bergson, “Chapter 1,” Laughter, trans. Brereton & Rothwell (London: MacMillan, 1911), 1-66.
• Malcolm Turvey, “Tati and Modernization,” Play Time: Jacques Tati and Comedic Modernism (New York: Columbia University Press, 2020), 175-184.
What a Girl Wants: the second American Revolution
Silencing Pity for Fargo’s Wood Chipper Scene – Lydia Hoffman
Henri Bergson – My True Form Is A Chaise Lounge
Cheese folding is confusing- The satirical approach to class structures in Schitt’s Creek
Reaction Videos: Technology, Empathy, and PewdiePie – Eva Fexy
‘Every Time Father Larry Dies’
Malcom Turvey – Tati and Mocking the Bourgeoisie – The Windsor’s (Channel 4)
