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Keanu Johnson Mrs. Frey AP Language and Composition 13 March 2018 That is the Joke. Humor takes the edge of off troubling ideas so that they can be discussed, but a good humorist requires a certain level of technique for their jokes to land. Comedians are special in their use of this skill, as without such abilities the ideas they discuss would be uncouth and even horrific. Humor lies in execution, and the main bastion between a harsh satire and an angry audience member is the wit and delivery…

Kevin Mitnick is an interesting person. Throughout the whole video I noticed that he laughed a lot, especially when he was talking about his past as a hacker. To me, that showed that he was not sorry for what he had done and it showed arrogance. Although the video was not a particularly long one, it had enough information in it to paint a picture as to the person that Mitnick is today. At first I was not a fan of Mitnick, but later I started to warm up to him a tad. Overall, I enjoyed this video…

5 funniest moments of R-Truth's career WWE is not all heels and baby faces fighting it out in the ring. Every once in a while, there comes a character which provides comic relief to the audiences. R-Truth, the character played by Ron Killings is one of them. From his engaging entrance to his witty promos and his entertaining histrionics inside he ring, everything is cherished by the audiences. Currently, he may not be a major player in the WWE ( if you exclude his Golden Truth storyline ), but,…

little to nothing. We live by what people would say “paycheck to paycheck.” So we’ve done things that may seem silly or weird to others, but for me, I like to think that it’s something funny to tell in the future. Which is true because now I can make jokes and use some of my mistakes or things like that to make people laugh or to grow from it. My family can be considered somewhat heavy on education; even if we didn’t have much, my parents still told us education is important. My siblings and I--…

Humorists Everyone has a different sense of humor, whether it’s sarcastic or even stupid. Some, like Alain de Botton, the author of the 2004 novel Status Anxiety, believe that humorists play a vital role in society; however, that role cannot be considered vital in society today. While some believe that humorists are vital because they are able to make insulting (and sometimes inappropriate) insinuations about others, having the ability to get away with such an atrocity is not necessarily a…

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 pretty creative, right? (GoodReads.com) Furthermore, the things he comes up with are crazy! His comedy style revolves around observing the real…

Nestruck effectively employs humour in his essay “The importance of email punctuation”. His essay shows how each type of punctuation can carry a connotation of either seriousness or cordiality. Unfortunately for Nestruck, it is the former that has caught his attention while reading an email sent to him from a coworker whom he has feelings for. Using hyperbole and metaphors such as “And as she recedes into the distance, I will be left standing there like an ellipsis. Two little bulletholes…

likes to clown around and move his or her body around in a humorous way to the audience. This is an effective strategy because the comedian will at times move his or her body in ways that the audience has never seen before. This will help make the joke more funny as the audience pays close attention to the physical comedian’s movements. For…

Live’s Cold Opens on the recent Presidential debates. These parodic shorts make bland, tedious topics more amusing and brings cognizance to the topics at hand. It is very hazardous to joke about a presidential candidate, because SNL needs views for their revenue, but they still did it. Although it is full of jokes, it educated an abundance of viewers and brought attention to those who are not active in the political scene. Another example would be the musical Hamilton.…

team, dies and certain coping methods are criticized by certain members of the team for taking the situation too lightly. Mary played by Mary Richards does not appreciate how Murray and the others are making a joke out of the situation, while they believe that they are just using the jokes as a coping method. The show is greatly influenced by the culture of the time period and certain moral standards are put into question and even challenged. The show aired in 1975, a time period where the…