Friday, September 21, 2018
Response to Katherine
I agree how Jim Gaffigan uses the superiority theory to get his humor across to the audience. I also laugh at others misfortunes, along with my own. You can't take life too seriously. It's nice easing up and just having the freedom to laugh at other people's mistakes or quite frankly, your own. For myself, I stay laughing throughout the day because I am comfortable laughing at my own mistakes. The ability to let loose relieves chaos and stress from the surroundings and circumstances around us. I like being able to relate to Gaffigan through his weight struggles. It may or may not be an insecurity of his, but it is a touchy subject here in America. That's why I'm glad he is so open about it and has the ability to make people laugh about his weight. By doing so, it doesn't make the issues about weight seem like a problem at all. Who cares about the social norms for body image. #selfloveandhumor
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Your post made me think about the article on Trump's humor in that humor always serves as a social function. In this instance, he's telling the in-group that, although we usually avoid the topic of weight, it should be okay to openly discuss it in a straightforward way. I also loved your conclusion that he's able to make the topic not "seem like a problem at all" through making people laugh.
ReplyDeleteI love your post! I also enjoy how Gaffigan is so open about subjects such as obesity. Sometimes making jokes about sensitives areas allows us as human to relate with one another on a deeper level and makes subjects easier to talk about!
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that you see comedy directed at the self as being an example of superiority theory. It's often held up as an example of something that can't be seen in such terms. how do you see it that way?
ReplyDeleteI see it that way because maybe you can be superior to yourself in some aspects of the way you think. We are our hardest critic and by nitpicking at yourself and making fun of yourself potentially belittles you. With that being said, most people know their self worth and know they are better than their circumstances. I believe that we have the ability to put ourselves up and down in a ranking system of our own relating it back to the superiority theory.
DeleteI really enjoyed your response and I very much agree with your points. Laughing at one's mistakes is always a good trait to have in life, and I am glad I can do it. I definitely agree that his jokes about weight do make it seem as if it is not a big deal, and something to not take so seriously!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your response and I very much agree with your points. Laughing at one's mistakes is always a good trait to have in life, and I am glad I can do it. I definitely agree that his jokes about weight do make it seem as if it is not a big deal, and something to not take so seriously!
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