Responding to "When Bae Wants More Romance in Your Relationship"
Welcome back, everyone! I sincerely hope that you enjoyed my last blog post. If you missed it, here it is. I thoroughly enjoyed writing it and I hope that you enjoyed reading it.
This week, I will be responding to Lauren's post.
She used the video below to illustrate points about gender roles in comedy.
This week, I will be responding to Lauren's post.
She used the video below to illustrate points about gender roles in comedy.
While this is certainly an interesting topic to discuss, Lauren also mentioned another point that I found even more interesting. She brought up the concept that, as she says,
"This video wouldn't nearly be as funny without the use of the dolls and the cheesy voices."
I think that this statement highlights a GREAT point. And, in fact, it relates to a lot of the points that have come up in previous posts, both on this blog and on others. For example, take a look at the video in my blog post from last week.
I didn't mention this topic in the post, but some others brought up the point that the video is (quite possibly) made funnier by the presence of a studio audience. I mean, they are essentially telling you when to laugh, right??
In theory, the elements of the "When Bae Wants More Romance in Your Relationship" video that Lauren points out, such as "the use of the dolls and the cheesy voices" has the same effect as the studio audience in Jeanne Robertson's comedy videos.
Of course, the question becomes, do these elements really make a video funnier? Do they really enhance the comedy of the situation? In order to make those determinations, take a look at the following video.
And yes, I know we've seen something like it before. But, in this video from the sitcom Friends, a laugh track that was once present is actually removed. Ask yourself how that affected your perception of the clip. If you're anything like me, it probably took away a lot of the humor. In fact, without the laugh track, this video read a lot more like a drama than it did a comedy.
So, does that prove Lauren's point? Are added elements really what makes a video funny? Maybe so.
And, of course, that by no means means that the humor of the video could not and would not be funny on its own. The content of any good comedy video likely could stand to go alone and at least still maintain a little humor. But, undoubtedly, added elements do just as the name implies, the add something. They may not create the comedy in a situation, but they most certainly highlight and increase it.
Until next time,
Always Laugh Lots!!!
- Anna Kathleen Spitler <3
That is very true that we might think of exaggeration as performing the same role as a laugh track. Can you think of a specific example where it seemed like that was what was happening?
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