Humour

“Humans of RAHI” is a spin off of the blog “Humans of New York,” where portraits and interviews are collected by people of the streets of New York City. Humans of New York’s overall purpose is to celebrate positivity, diversity, and the prevails of adversity. Similar to the infamous blog, students here at RAHI were assigned a partner to interview, and my partner was Drew Pekar. In order to create and put together our narratives, we interviewed and photographed one another until we believed we…

People laugh at the biggest variety of things. Ranging from puppies, to a funny interview seen on YouTube, to a montage of people hurting themselves for laughter, we can laugh due to almost anything. Lately in pop culture, there has been a lot of backlash towards the source of laughter. In movies, we see girls laughing when they make fun of another person, we see boys laughing when they pull a harmful prank on another guy, and people are generally laughing at other (s) misfortunes. Laughter as…

A joke party, also known as a frivolous party or a satirical party, is a political party that is created for the point of entertainment or to make a political statement through satire. Although they do occasionally exist as a way to spread a message across, sometimes they their existence is mainly a source of humor or entertainment. The following is a list of satirical parties from around the world. Although the level of success that they have found varies, they all share one common…

What gets your attention? Today there are so many different advertisements, they use anything and everything they can to persuade the audience to buy their product, but what grabs one’s attention when an advertisement comes on? A commercial with hamsters driving a little green car, a commercial with a sad looking puppy and a celebrity asking for donations. Or maybe a commercial about yogurt and the host is giving all the nutritional facts of why it is so good and healthy. What all of these…

Love can manifest itself in many ways, but some types of love are socially unacceptable, like a romantic or erotic love between family members. This type of taboo love occurs in the ancient Greek play Hippolytus and the 1962 film Phaedra when a stepmother falls in love with her stepson. And although the situations and themes appear similar on a surface level, when analyzing them further, it becomes easy to see that they are quite different. Hippolytus, written by Euripides and first performed…

1. Through the use of humor, Sartwell is able to engage the audience with his piece and establish a connection with them, contributing to the effectiveness of the piece. By referencing things that they share in common, such as “Unlike Thoreau, I have cable” (Sartwell 14), it enables his audience to relate to his points and as a result, creates a sense of cohesiveness between the contrasting ideas that Sartwell brings up. The thought that “… if Thoreau were around today, he’d be pushing a cart…

Brandon Floyd Professor Lee DRAM 2366 December 4, 2016 Director Comparative Analysis When looking for a director I started by searching for one that did the genre that I love so much. This genre being comedy and while searching I came across a director by the name of Tom Shadyac. He is a director known for his comedic films and collaborations with Jim Carrey and Eddie Murphey. The Three films I choose by him were “The Nutty Professor”, “Ace Ventura: The Pet Detective”, and “Bruce All Mighty”.…

THE MODERN HAMLET Breaking Bad is widely considered one of the best TV shows of all time and for a good reason. It has one particular plot that resonates with Hamlet - tragedy. The hook of this TV show is it’s brilliant deviation from a basic storyline and hero to one where it makes the viewer question their own values and make judgement calls. Walter White is debated heavily as being either a hero, an anti-hero, or just a faulty hero. To set the scene, he is a high school chemistry teacher who…

“There’s a truth in every joke.” This phrase mean on a joke being taken seriously after all the laughs have died down. Joking around can be for the sake of getting laughter from others, but it is a fun and lighthearted way to bring awareness. Satire isn’t an unfamiliar subject to most performers and comedians. Comedian Dave Chappelle used satire, that usually dealt with racial identity and politics in America in most of his comedy bits in his comedy hit, The Chappelle Show. The use of satire in…

Stemming from a progressive household, Hari Kondabolu’s humor is a reflection of how he was raised. Kondabolu is a comedian who uses his voice to discuss social issues regarding race, sexuality, identity, and civil rights. Under the guise of comedy, Kondabolu is able to raise awareness and share his stance on the subjects, while maintaining real humor that people can laugh along and relate to. Kondabolu cites his identity as the catalyst for the beginning of his career, as the lack of Asian…