Comedy

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hat would the world have been like without laughter, jokes or humour in it? One word- HELL! Since the creation of man, comedy has been in existence. I strongly believe that comedy is the greatest creation ever (even greater than the TV). When man was created, the first forms of jokes were something like “Cain, as I was on my way to the farm, I witnessed a pterodactyl farting over its eggs”, believe me that was a rib-breaking joke then.

Over the centuries, comedy has evolved and has constantly been increasing in level of humour. Various forms of comedy have been created and modified in all countries of the world.  A lawyer joke may be incredibly hilarious in America, but when told to an audience in China, the comedian would think his audience is made up of dead people. 

Some forms of comedy are: Anecdotes, blue comedy, burlesque (one of my favourites), ironic comedy, parodic comedy, morbid, dry, epigrammatic, hyperbolic, juvenile, satirical, slapstick and stand-up comedy (my favourite and specialty).

Stand-up comedy is the most widespread and maybe the best form of comedy yet obviously because it can employ most of the other forms of comedy. It involves a comedian standing up in front of an audience (or even an angry mob) to tell jokes with the principal aim of making them laugh (duh). The worst thing that could happen to a stand-up comedian is for him to tell a joke and get silence, or even worse, the “boo” (you do not want to get boos from an angry mob).

NOTE: There’s a big difference between a boo and a woohoo

Comedy is also a cure to various types of physical and psychological conditions. When I say physical, I don’t mean like cancer or zits, I actually mean bad breath. The more you laugh, the fresher your breath; it has been scientifically proven…by me. Psychological problems that comedy can cure are depression and emotional distress. 87.3% of people that commit suicide have been known to have little sources of laughter in their lives (I made up that statistic).

When your boyfriend dumps you, or when a bully smacks you, don’t retaliate, don’t get depressed, and don’t become a psycho-killer. Instead go to the nearest movie store and purchase a comedy movie. It’ll calm you down and is also a good source of stress relief.

I love burlesque because it involves the humourous transformation of serious movies I’ve seen before. Like the movie “Meet the Spartans”, being a humourous mimic of “300”. I especially love the “How It Should Have ended” clips, which are animated burlesques of real movies. There’s how lord of the rings should have ended, how Spiderman 3 should have ended, how the matrix revolutions should have ended, and tons of other how it should have ended movies. If you haven’t visited the website, do it now! http://www.howitshouldhaveended.com/

I actually had no topic in mind before I wrote this blog, it just popped up in my head and I had to post it. I usually do this for stress relief and to look busy. But I hope you enjoyed it and expect more from me.

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012