Communicate A Universal Truth Analysis

In the story “Dead Man Laughing”, Zadie Smith (December 22, 2008) shares an emotional and significant aspect of her life, through the use of comedy. Additionally, Smith successfully conveyed to the reader the great impact that comedy has had on her, and why she determined to use humor as a way to relate to her father.

The power of comedy is that it takes contemporary issues and stretches them to the extreme and then puts the exaggerated picture of who we are as a society back in our faces. Back a while ago, comedian great Mike Myers played Pitka in the movie flop "The Love Guru". During a number of scenes, Pitka would make comments, realize that they were catchy, and then quickly tack on and little "TM" to his statement. The idea was that he was trademarking everything clever that he said. Ridiculous? That's why it's comedy.

Humor’s foundations are made up of seeds of truth, from which comedy and laughter can grow from. Within these seeds different types of issues are found that cast a wide array of topics in which are discussed or given question to by humorists. As the evolution of humor continues to grow it can be seen that it will continue down a darker road, as history has

Humor is viewed by some people as an important part of life. Most people enjoy amusement, and some turn to humorists as a source for that amusement. Some further view humorists as holding an important position in society because society allows humorists to say things that others can and will not say. Due to their unique position in society, humorists serve a role that is certainly unique and can be important, but not vital. Furthermore, humor can very well have a dangerous side, whether intentional or unintentional, so humorists should try to be careful with their powerful position.

Laughter is the best medicine for anything and everything. Little do we know there is a lot of thought behind all of these jokes that make you laugh. Comedians uses various different techniques to make the world guffaw or even just chuckle. Author and Comedian Dave Barry wrote a low comedic wrote a novel titled Live Right and Find Happiness. In an excerpt from Barry’s novel he humorously tells his grandson how to be a good and nice person using verbal Irony and Hyperbole.

Humor is our way of expressing our opinions and thoughts, in a way that lets us see the gravity of the situation but in a less complex, serious tone. In the book Status Anxiety, Alain de Botton, believes that Humor is vital to Society, due to it allowing “humorist to say things that other people cannot or will not say”. Button is right in believing that Humor is vital to society. It allows for other people to feel more comfortable expressing their own opinions without it turning into a serious discussion. Humor as found itself in political cartoons, Stand-up comedy like comedian Gabriel Iglesias, and TV shows like Saturday Night Live.

Sometimes the truth can hurt, but when it is presented in a way that is humorous the end result can be much different. “Comedians don’t start out to change the world, but in the end, that’s what they do,” says Stephen Rosenfield.” Standup comedians have the ability to force people to take a good look at social issues by confronting realities that one would prefer to ignore. In fact, they use humor as a tool to neutralize controversial issues by giving social critiques that can transform in a way leaving the audience to want for more. Comedians can push the social boundaries with their stories and expressions that are usually unacceptable in society. The fact that the comedian sugar coats the issue with humor makes it more acceptable and is

Some humor advocates say that comedy must be able to region free, and that joke about out differences, weaknesses, eccentricities

Have you ever wanted to read about an iranian comedian show? Well today is your lucky day. The comedians name is Maz Jobrani .He jokes about Iranian stereotypes. Maz uses a lot of humor in his jokes to make them make people laugh. He will 100% make you laugh. In a comedy show Maz Jobrani jokes about Iranians are “terrorists” and when he encounters a guy that thought Maz was his ride and Maz thought the guy was his ride. Maz uses humor to make the audience laugh because if he didn't some people might get really offended. He prepares the audience for his punch lines by using structure, and he comes up with a funny word choices into his punchlines so that made the audience laugh. Anyways Maz used tools so people wouldn't take it personal, also just to make the audience laugh.

On the other hand, Humorists usage of humor allows them to revolutionize the way of presenting current news to the people that will grasp their audience’s attention and provoke motivation for him/her to act. To prove for the decline of dull news anchor shows, a study by the Pew Research Study in 2007 shows that “Well-informed audiences come from cable (Daily Show/Colbert Report, O’Reilly Factor)” these comedian shows are where most people get their information or news while “less informed audiences” are people who watches Fox news channel (Dimcock). This study shows that people are less interested in news being delivered with seriousness while news being delivered with humor have a huge audience and with an added bonus, people attain more knowledge from the comedian shows because the hilarity of the shows makes it easier for one to memorize it. Some would say that handling news with seriousness would emphasize the danger of the problem, but today’s news anchors lack the ability to motivate their audiences to actually do anything to solve the problem while comedians are more effective in motivating their audience to act. To support my claim, In Oct. 30, 2010, Stephen Colbert and his funny remarks during his show is able to motivate “215,000 people [to gather] at the National Mall in Washington, D.C… to attend a rally hosted by … Stephen Colbert” (Grossman). To give enough motivation that 215,000 people would get out of their houses just to be in a rally to merely enjoy Stephen Colbert’s political discussion is the result of Colbert’s outstanding influence over his audience especially when the rally’s purpose is “just to get everyone together

Humor has entertained and enthralled audiences for all of recorded history. Everyone enjoys a good laugh, but what exactly makes something humorous? It could be tension that is released in an unexpected and positive way. It could be the discussion of subject seen as taboo. Humor could also just be the enjoyment of other’s misfortunes.

There were several key points that resonated to my own Christian beliefs after reading the Total Truth article. I have always thought who I was as a Christian was exemplified in all aspects of my life because there seem to be a harmonious balance between my faith and work life. However, after the reading the article I felt very convicted because the two worlds aren’t as balance as I perceived. What challenged my perception of my view was the opening story about the Planned Parenthood employee. Her working at an abortion clinic contradicted her Christian beliefs, but she continued to work there. The justification was so that she could offer another option and show compassion to young women who would otherwise have no other choice and would regret their decisions later. It is in our good intentions that convolute our Christian beliefs. She was a practicing

Humor affects how people relate to one another. As “much humor draws on the sophisticated use of grammar and lexicon, as well as culture-specific references, genres, and discourse patterns,” (Shively 1), it is considered the height of knowledge of the language to understand its humor. Humor is a type of ludic language play, or using words for one’s own enjoyment or amusement.

What is the first thing that come to your mind when you hear the word “jokes” or “comedy”? Most people simply think of them as a tension-reliever and a “lubricant” to our daily lives (O’Hara 104). However, journalist O’Hara, professor Greengross, and philosopher Critchley, see comedy and jokes in an alternative and bigger perspective, and come up with an arguable question − what social purpose do jokes and humor serve in our society? O’Hara

Ambrose Bierce has a point on what he stated. It is true, anything that you think of or do there is some kind of humor and/or entertainment in it. Like for example you go to a funeral and everyone is sad right? But to make it humorous you think about a good time that you had with that person too not be sad about the situation that is going on.