Looney Tunes Television is a prime example for stereotypes, especially in cartoons. For instance, in the Looney Tunes cartoon, Horse Hare, Bugs Bunny is hired by the USA cavalry as a sergeant to protect an army fort from the Indian army led by Yosemite Sam. Because of the use of derogatory terms and Native American stereotypes, this cartoon is rarely ever broadcasted on television because of ethnographic stereotyping. The Indians also speak in stereotypical broken English (“Red whiskered white man big loud mouth braggart”; “Me wouldn’t like to be me tonight”).…
A ustralia is well known for its tongue-in-cheek sense of humour. We have no qualms with brushing off the outrage of anyone who takes the joke too seriously… an issue Australian comedians often face when their material is received by an international audience. Chris Lilley’s ‘Summer Heights High’, while well received in Australia, faced scrutiny internationally when critics apparently didn’t get the joke. What these critics fail to realise is there is more to the jokes than just entertainment value. Peter Green from Daily Review claimed that Lilley’s character Jonah Takalua is a racist portrayal of Tongan individuals, and that the biggest issue is Australia’s lack of reaction to the apparent ‘blackface’ that Lilley wears.…
Unlike Wilder’s comments on gender issues and identity, Brooks addresses the distinction between good and evil in his film. He presents the protagonist Bart, played by Cleavon Little, as a relatable person despite being an African American; he smokes, has sex, and sings. However, the white characters of the film are presented as comedic fools who have outrageous characteristics or behaviors: Mongo is a dull giant, Taggart and Lyle are the villainous buffoons, and Jim is famous for having the fastest hands in the world.…
Hello, this is Mr. Pendanski, Stanley’s counselor here at camp Green Lake, I would like to explain what happened with Rickey and Stanley. You see, Rickey happens to suffer from acute paranoia, which means he’s basically crazy. I found out that Stanley had been teaching another one of our kiddos, Zero, how to read. In trade off Zero as been digging a part of Stanley's hole every day. One of our boys named Rickey got mad that Stanley wouldn’t let Ricky dig a part of his hole.…
Satirical cartoons that air on television, such as The Boondocks and Black Dynamite, deal with racial topics and are viewed as humorous forms of entertainment. These cartoons are not taken seriously since many audience members misinterpret the cartoons’ context. Viewers not understanding the context of the shows and repeatedly viewing these images cause many to associate these events in the cartoons towards reality, which is one of the effects of the Ideomotor Theory. Fans of these shows also go on to social forums and post racial comments to get “upvotes” while others support the comments resulting in the reinforcements of poor behavior, which is an example of the Reward System theory. Overall, audience members not taking the satirical cartoons…
The funny man: james kines James is a comedian, a rather well know one infact. His portfolio includes performances at all the major comedy clubs and a featured spot on SNL, as well as once doing a half-time show as in the super bowl half-time, and he deserves it this is a seriously funny guy. James is known for his almost fanatic stage personality, he becomes hyper and uses seemingly random outbursts to create a frantic and hilarious presence that often infects the crowd making it nearly impossible not to enjoy one’s self. Even when he is not exploding across the stage James kines is a character, he is known for his eccentric presence on the street as well as his explosive one on the stage. Once he was seen walking into a store and saw a customer buying a drink, so he looked over and said “oh you want one of these” then as he scooped up every single one of them and ran off shouted “too bad!”…
outh Park’s 12th episode of the seventh season opens up in a classroom where a student who’s black, the only one in class for that matter, is quite noticeable in the array of students. The episode’s central motion revolves on that black student, Token, who is condemned and discriminated by his fellow students for being far richer than any kids in town. He then resulted to trying to fit in but miserably failed so he tried to bring in more rich people in town. He succeeded in doing so and affluent families now continuously invade South Park. This sparked rebellion from the town people who are considered poor.…
1. How would you describe the humor in Singer's stories? What adjectives would you use? This is a short answer that need not take 6 sentences. The humor in Singer’s stories I would describe as wordplay.…
“I don’t think of kids as a lower form of the human species. ”-John Hughes. The films of the late John Hughes culminated the influence of a generation in comedy, while marking an advent of cinematic ingenuity during the 1980’s. Selling jokes and working in the offices of National Lampoon Magazine, Hughes arrived on-screen in his early 30’s.…
Films, comedians and other forms of media are able to use various comedic elements in order to make their production funny, and typically entertaining, to the audience. These elements include using the unexpected or the familiar, playing with delivery and timing, double entendre, flawed plan and many others. Monty Python and the Holy Grail effectively utilizes several components of comedy to poke fun at the history and culture of the time at which the stories take place. The film looks at several stories that build onto each other as the quest for the Holy Grail. Three major elements of comedy that the film uses are using the familiar, playing with tradition and authority, and utilizing flawed plans.…
Jane Austen illustrates the effects of comedy throughout Pride and Prejudice, by producing a thoughtful laughter that is portrayed through the relationships of the characters. The marriages of a variety of characters present this use of thoughtful laughter; due to the abnormal conversation as well as the ridiculousness of the couples as a whole. Examples of thoughtful laughter are shown with Mr. Bennett, Lydia and Wichkham, Elizabeth and Darcy and Jane and Brigely. Thoughtful laughter is a technique used to create humor throughout the novel and for the readers. Mr. Bennett proves to be the most irresponsible and uncommitted of husbands.…
1. Much of “Brownies” is very funny. What role does humor have in the story—and how does it relate to the decidedly unhumorous ending? The story is very humorous.…
The Truthful Humor of “Rick and Morty” Many people in today’s American culture take a rather pessimistic view of the world. With prospects for retirement at a low, and a life of uncertainty ahead of them, humor with a nihilist spin is one way to confront these heavy issues in a light-hearted way. Cartoon Network’s comedic Adult Swim program “Rick and Morty” harnesses the uncomfortable dark feelings of a society, and uses humor in a typical cartoon fashion to provoke the minds of viewers as well as entertain them. “Rick and Morty” takes on satiric tones and a nihilistic theme with its dialogue and depressing yet fantastic humorous events.…
Carl Matheson is a professor and currently holding a chair in the philosophy department at the University of Manitoba. He writes in his essay, The Simpsons, Hyper-Irony, and the Meaning of Life, about how all comedy has a similar pattern of quotationalism and hyper-irony. He does this to inform the reader of the rise of pop-culture parodies, and how this has affected comedy in history. In Matheson’s essay, he argues that hyper-irony undercuts the moral agenda throughout the plot and the development of the characters. He does this by using examples from The Simpsons, writing in an explanatory tone, and having a strong structure.…
Stereotypes are a common occurrence in everyday life, but they show unreasonable expectations. It puts labels on a group of people according to their sex, race, religious views, or other facts. A group of people that is commonly stereotyped in the media today are Jews. When thinking of Jews, an individual may call to mind a few things, such as all Jews are obsessed with money, bad at sports, white, and have big noses. The television show on FOX called Family Guy does not help to contradict the stereotypes towards this religious group.…