Category: Blog Post 2 (due Friday Sept 21 by 5 PM)
Week 2 (24 September): Jokes and their Relationship to Screwball Film
Sigmund Freud, “The Technique of Jokes” and “The Purpose of Jokes,” Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious (London: Vintage/Hogarth, 2001), 16-116.
Mary Douglas, “Jokes,” Implicit Meanings (New York: Routledge, 1975), 146-164.
John Mulaney as Mary Douglas’ joker (Tony Heron)
Decoding a Joke: Sarah Silverman Cracks the Taboo of Rape Commentary by Sophia Hill
Bergson and Freud in Jerry and April (Mado)
The Sick Joke and Its Social Context – Yu Ching Yau
Key and Peele Comedy Steps Outside Freud’s Box
Joke Form and Social Structure in Screwball
The Line Between Trading Jokes and Trading Insults. Blog Post 2- Taylor Holliday
“Let Me Tell You, Folks”: George Carlin and The Role of The “Joker”
