The Art Form of Humor The Different Views Of Punching Up And Down
In “Why Punching Down Will Never Be Funny” by Schaach Koul, she argues that punishing down as in making jokes of those with less power is not funny. I both agree and disagree with her. Comedy has become such a controversial topic. Can a joke be considered funny depending on who is telling the joke or is it based off the intensity of the joke? In my opinion comedy is for entertaining purposes. People should stand in comedians point of views and notice they do it for laughs not to intentionally make a person feel bad. Due to fact that society has become so sensitive to most topics the art form of humor suffers. However …show more content…
We can not deny that joke now and days consists of a person's hardship or embarrassment. Most jokes indeed consist on serious issues like rape, drugs and religion like I have mentioned before and as bad as it sounds it is those jokes rather than knock knock jokes that get the most laughs. An individual may consciously know how offensive a joke was but will still laugh. Follow by a feeling of guilt because they know that the joke had to offend at least one person. However audiences are becoming so sensitive to jokes that people are starting to question whether comedy and comedians could still be considered funny and not offensive. With all that being said we can't make people have the same personality or mindsets as us. Not everyone has the same beliefs. Not everyone is going to find the same joke funny. There's no joke that will satisfy everyone. Although, I do believe there is a point where a joke can do more than mentally affect someone. A joke in my opinion crosses the line when it goes from being verbal to physical. Regardless is the person is a “minority” or a person with high power physically being touched is extremely disrespectful. A person can not make a sexual joke and touch you in an unpleasant way. In my opinion as long at the joke does not physically harm you one should not care about others
In “Why Punching Down Will Never Be Funny” by Schaach Koul, she argues that punishing down as in making jokes of those with less power is not funny. I both agree and disagree with her. Comedy has become such a controversial topic. Can a joke be considered funny depending on who is telling the joke or is it based off the intensity of the joke? In my opinion comedy is for entertaining purposes. People should stand in comedians point of views and notice they do it for laughs not to intentionally make a person feel bad. Due to fact that society has become so sensitive to most topics the art form of humor suffers. However …show more content…
We can not deny that joke now and days consists of a person's hardship or embarrassment. Most jokes indeed consist on serious issues like rape, drugs and religion like I have mentioned before and as bad as it sounds it is those jokes rather than knock knock jokes that get the most laughs. An individual may consciously know how offensive a joke was but will still laugh. Follow by a feeling of guilt because they know that the joke had to offend at least one person. However audiences are becoming so sensitive to jokes that people are starting to question whether comedy and comedians could still be considered funny and not offensive. With all that being said we can't make people have the same personality or mindsets as us. Not everyone has the same beliefs. Not everyone is going to find the same joke funny. There's no joke that will satisfy everyone. Although, I do believe there is a point where a joke can do more than mentally affect someone. A joke in my opinion crosses the line when it goes from being verbal to physical. Regardless is the person is a “minority” or a person with high power physically being touched is extremely disrespectful. A person can not make a sexual joke and touch you in an unpleasant way. In my opinion as long at the joke does not physically harm you one should not care about others