Why Are You Laughing? FYW Blog!

Deadpool  is awesome. I had to get that out into the open before anything else because frankly this movie did something wonderful. The only other movie interpretation of Deadpool was in X-Men Origins: Wolverine  and that movie kind of sucked. Deadpool had his mouth sewn shut and didn't have his signature costume. Ryan Reynolds played this version of Deadpool and was so upset about it that he spent the next few years trying to get an accurate version of Deadpool made. Finally his dream came to fruition with this new movie. Upon its opening, Deadpool  became the highest grossing R-rated movie of all time. This is due to the deserved hype surrounding it. Clearly love and passion fueled this project and it showed in the final product. I think that it improved itself in its sequel, Deadpool 2 . But the first movie laid an immediate groundwork for what was to come with its opening scene. We find our hero perched on an overpass, rapping "Shoop" by Salt and Peppa and drawing a c...

I will admit that I haven't really watched The Good Place , although I have seen a few episodes from early in the series. That being said, I did find those episodes funny and have been meaning to watch more. I remember the one who was supposed to be a silent monk and I think it is quite humorous that he's actually just some guy from Orlando. Your comment on how he was most concerned about being "too old to order from the kid's menu but too young to die" seemed to do a very good job of summarizing this character. He doesn't seem particularly bright but he also just seems to have a strange sense of priorities. As for the second scene, this was the one I found the funniest. I'm very strong in my disdain for Christopher Columbus and it wouldn't shock me to know that he was in the "Bad Place" in real life. I also just found it funny how the robot piped up and told everyone that. It's also ironic that she said that given that they too are in t...

I am also very excited for the arrival of December. I love laying inside under a blanket while it is cold outside and then falling asleep with the Christmas lights softly glowing outside of my bedroom window. I adore Fall as a whole, but the entirety of December is my favorite time of year. While I'm not really sure which Christmas movie is my favorite, I do agree that Elf is up there. I wholeheartedly agree with the ideas of incongruity and benign violation that Kaitlin brought up, but I also think much of Buddy's initial humorous moments traversing New York City falls under superiority. For example, we see Buddy walk out into the streets of New York with a look of wonder on his face and he is immediately struck by a car. We laugh at him due to his misfortune and due to his lack of comprehension of the situation he is in.  Moving away from the theories of comedy, I think a crucial thing to bring up when discussing this film are some of the adult jokes that fly over the heads...

I just want to preface this by saying that I never had Vine on my phone.  That being said, I  still pay attention to Vines and even occasionally watch Vine compilations on YouTube. This shows the cultural impact that Vine had! Even people like me, who never had Vine, still watched Vines and can quote many of them. My favorite Viner was Victor Pope Jr. because his sort of humor was goofy while still being dry at times. One of my favorite Vines of his involved Seaworld firing Shamu. The worker says, "I'm sorry Shamu we've  gotta  let you go." Shamu says, " Awwwwww  that's some bullshit. What'd I do?" The worker responds with, "You ate a guy!" Shamu, "Greg?" Worker, "Yeah!" Shamu, "Fuck Greg!" Every time I see this  Vine,  I find myself cracking up. Its use of situational humor by showing a killer whale as an amusement park employee being fired for murder is just hysterical.    These short videos were also s...

The Big Lebowski  is somewhat of a trip of a movie, I equate it almost to a strictly marijuana-influenced version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas . The two share a plot that gives much leeway, with much of the meat of the movies coming from side experiences the main characters get themselves caught up in. However I do argue that this movie follows more structure than the other and this allows it to open itself up to the different theories of comedy, as stated by Zach. Incongruity as many surprising events occur, bringing with them laughter. Superiority can be seen in the scene where The Dude's carpet is urinated on. Relief comes from the calm reactions of The Dude, even when something bad is occurring. Stoner comedy, as I like to refer to movies such as this, can be very hit or miss. Films such as Harold and Kumar  and Cheech and Chong  are some other famous examples where the humor, at least for the most part, lands. Part of that is due to how heavily they rely on rel...