“Humor is a way in which people seek to interact with others, and plays an important role in social posturing, communication, attraction, group formation, and other areas.”() Throughout the comedic career of Kevin Hart, he has used many different methods for conveying his jokes. Many of his jokes are jokes about his family growing up and himself. Humor has been used as a coping mechanism to deal with the certain situations he has dealt with in life. He does an outstanding job of using the self-deprecation technique in his comedies. One stand-up in particular that garnered Kevin Hart major success and catapulted his career was the skit “Laugh At My Pain.” Kevin Hart embarked on a “Laugh At My Pain,” tour that covered 90 cities and was able to
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Often time people are misconstrued and are under the impression that famous people don’t face problems growing up. I believe Kevin wanted his fans to feel as though they are on the same level with one-another. Normally when a person tells another person their hardships they are entrusting that person with a small portion of their self. No other comedian in my opinion talks about oneself and one’s family as much as he does. When I am watching his stand-ups I almost feel as though I am getting to know him on a personal level. Another message that Kevin subliminally tells us is that, no matter what a person goes through in their childhood and even now one day he or she will be able to laugh at it later. Kevin shows that he is mature because some people may dwell in the past. Some people may think life sabotaged them because they had a father who was addicted to drugs. Others may attempt to forget about their past. Kevin Hart on the other hand embraces his past and makes light of his past. By doing so he is able to make jokes about his past and allows other people to find humor in his
Often time people are misconstrued and are under the impression that famous people don’t face problems growing up. I believe Kevin wanted his fans to feel as though they are on the same level with one-another. Normally when a person tells another person their hardships they are entrusting that person with a small portion of their self. No other comedian in my opinion talks about oneself and one’s family as much as he does. When I am watching his stand-ups I almost feel as though I am getting to know him on a personal level. Another message that Kevin subliminally tells us is that, no matter what a person goes through in their childhood and even now one day he or she will be able to laugh at it later. Kevin shows that he is mature because some people may dwell in the past. Some people may think life sabotaged them because they had a father who was addicted to drugs. Others may attempt to forget about their past. Kevin Hart on the other hand embraces his past and makes light of his past. By doing so he is able to make jokes about his past and allows other people to find humor in his