On page 8, Jack responds to Alergnon with, “My dear Algy,
you talk exactly as if you were a dentist. It is very vulgar to talk like a
dentist when one isn’t a dentist. It produces a false impression.” Comparing
someone’s speech to a dentist struck me as odd because how a dentist speaks
isn’t as commonly known as how a lawyer or doctor speaks (more general
professions). Wilde uses a dentist to set up the pun on the word “impression.”
Algernon was acting like someone else and so he was leading Jack to a false
impression (opinion), but a dentist also uses impressions (molds) on a
patient’s teeth. This is an example of the cerebral “high” comedy, and I
respond to both the high and low types of comedy.
Jason Sudeikis’ role as Ted Lasso
for an English Premier League commercial is an excellent example of modern satire.
It mocks America’s ignorance of soccer by placing an American football coach in
charge of a British football team. As Coach Lasso learns the rules of the game,
he delivers memorable quotes such as "If you tried to end a game in a tie in
the United States, heck, that might
be listed in Revelations as the cause of the apocalypse.” The skit pokes fun at the differences
between American and British sports culture, shown by Lasso’s oblivious response
to his new nickname of “wanker.” The commercial attempts to raise awareness
about British football in America through humor.
Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KeG_i8CWE8
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