Sunday, March 8, 2015

Comedy Blog- Thomas Ueland

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.


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