Notes about Class Discussion on humor
- Related to preferences based on gender, culture, class,...
- Some humor comes from the expense of others
- All delivered the same way
- Used to discuss uncomfortable and serious issues
- Works best when the comedian and audience find humor in the same things
- Audience has to like the comedian to find them funny
- stuff is funny
- punchline- unexpected, surprise, a twist on what you thought would be the punchline
- depends on situation
- sense of humor is very individual
- better if audience has similar sense of humor to comedian
- presentation of joke is key