Laughter

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…

Laughter is the best medicine. Making someone laugh is one of the greatest feelings in the world, whenever I make someone laugh it brightens up my day. Brian Regan understands this. Brian Regan is one of the most creative, and confident people I know, and is a huge influence on who I am as a person. Brian Regan has a very unique act. He makes jokes about normally mundane things and makes them seem surreal. You would think that to make a joke about eating Fig Newtons funny, you would have to be…

than talk to Mrs. Popova. The audiences could recognize the funny things quickly in the dialogue and keep laughing. Anton used a lot of type of comedy in a drama for his works, especially in this play was the farce and slapstick comedy to provoke laughter. It was easy to keep people, or any listener laughed in anytime when Anton described the things in real life in humorously and funnily…

We were a few feet from the pinpoint when I heard laughter. Not a child’s giggle, but a cold, evil laugh that sent goosebumps down my arms. It terrified me to my core, but for my sanity’s sake, I tried to shrug it off. I was chalking it up to a lack of sleep and an overdose on Stephen King novels, when I…

through the crowd toward me. I waved and caught her eye, and she smiled at my little "freeze" dance. Katy--always the jester--began to grotesquely limp her way to me. At her atrocious impersonation of a decrepit old lady, I went into paroxysms of laughter, eliciting a round of ferocious snorts from Katy. At the familiar amiability, I briefly forgot the cold and ran to her to give her a hug. Our boisterous reunion, predicated by…

The definition of the word joke is: “a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline.” Humor has evolved over time, and everyone’s preference in comedy is valid. However, the word “joke” is starting to become warped. This is referring to offensive jokes. The world is full of cruelty, horrific crime, and twisted people. A common way to cope with our reality is through comedy, which is why offensive jokes exist. I’m not going to pretend that all…

with his hands up and flailing up and down as he profusely apologizes to George, addressing him as “Mr. McFly.” Moving into roughly a three-quarter shot, he clasps his hands together, speaking in an explanatory tone that’s permeated with a nervous laughter throughout. He has a clenched smile on his face, and as the scene ends, he gesticulates back to the car, and then puts a hand on his hip, holding a rag in the…

and saw men and women socializing. He starts talking to Mr.Bingley, a handsome fellow with wealth. Mr.Bingley asks if he would he like to dance. He replies with a no and his reasoning was because of the laughter in the room. “Laughter to Darcy is lack of respect” (Casal 3). Darcy believes that laughter is above him and doesn’t show the professional way anyone should carry him or herself into a party. An example of this occurs when Darcy, Elizabeth and Bingley are in the library and Elizabeth…

Hester as a sinner vs as a puritan: Hester is introduced as a very beautiful young lady, “The woman lady was tall, with a figure of perfect elegance on a large scale...” Hawthorne (60) When she is let out of jail she is silent and grabs hold of her newborn baby tightly pushing her toward her breast where the Scarlet “A” was branded. She walks on to the scaffold she has a flashback of England suddenly becoming aware of the stern faces looking up at her, Hester painfully realizes her present…

Being popular in high school can truly be a struggle. Mean Girls is a teen comedy film loosely based on the self-help book titled Queen Bees and Wannabes. The main character is a high school student named Cady that just moved from Africa and has been homeschooled her whole life. The American culture and society she is introduced to is embodied by the Plastics, who are the most popular girls at North Shore High: Regina, Gretchen, and Karen. Mean Girls criticizes the idea that women can only be…