Humour Assignment

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Humour Assignment Reflection

The types of comedy used for this humor assignment were satire and comedy of ideas. The types of satire used were parody, reversal, and exaggeration. My video was a parody of Wii Fit and ridiculed its ‘breathing exercises’ and other very simple movements. It was easy to make fun of because the user is learning to breathe deeply from a 400 dollar worth of gaming console. Reversal was used when the narrator said that Wii Fit will decrease the time spent outside and increase the time spent in front of the TV. It is opposite of the normal order because Wii Fit is suppose to get the person fit but it will also increase their time in front of the TV. Exaggeration was used when exercises like Deep Breathing and Balancing on two legs are said to be difficult workouts.

         The easiest thing to do while producing this video was to find things to ridicule about Wii Fit. There were plenty of workouts to make fun of and I thought that the price of Wii Fit was ridiculous in general. The hardest aspect of the assignment was trying not to copy the original ‘Wii Fit Parody’. I decided to do a parody after watching a Wii Fit Parody made by CollegeHumour and it was very hard not to imitate their video. For example, they had a very good Hula Hoop workout and I thought it was a great idea but it was obvious about what to make fun of. So I feared that my video and their video would be alike. As the solution, I looked for all the exercises that they did not use and made fun of those.

         Overall, I really enjoyed working on this assignment. I liked making videos and editing them to my favor and I really liked the topic of the project. In addition, making this project humorous was difficult because everybody has a different perspective on what is funny. If I could change parts of my video, I would try to make the scenes less exaggerative and longer. Still I am happy with what I produced.

Third Blog Assignment

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 The scene from, ‘Stepbrothers’ is satirizing the plot of ‘Good Will Hunting’. The type of satire used is reversal because Dale from, ‘Stepbrothers’ is definitely not a genius but tries to imitate the genius character from, ‘Good Will Hunting.’ Incongruity is also present because the psychiatrist obviously knows that Dale is out of his place. For example, Dale says he thinks all the students in the ‘good’ university aren’t as smart as he is when he works as the janitor. This scene is funny because Dale is a very unwise person and he tries to show the psychiatrist that he is a very intelligent guy.   

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This article about penguins is a great example of satire. The article is about three dozen penguins entering a club in London. The penguins try to enter the club but the guards and the manager would not let them in for some unusual reasons. Although they are wearing tuxedos, they don’t have shoes, so there is a conflict. Obviously, this is a case of both reversal and incongruity. The incongruity stems from the fact that not wearing shoes is the issue here, rather than the fact that the penguins are neither people, nor dressed. The reversal is in the form of the penguins being anthropomorphized, meaning that they behave as humans.  

Lionel Messi and his Penalty Shot Failrue Scandals

Last week, Barcelona was unexpectedly eliminated from the Champions League in the semi-finals against Chelsea. Near the end of the first half, Lionel Messi, known to be the world’s best soccer player, took an incredible penalty kick which sent the ball flying into the air far away from the net. Fans of Barcelona defensively argue that his mistake was due to the tackle prior to the shot. However, reports from the interviews with Messi beg to differ.

In his most recent interview, Lionel Messi confessed that his failed penalty shot was rather intentional than accidental. He described that the shot was “the greatest shot of
[his] life”, even though his mistake largely contributed to Chelsea’s victory.

“Didn’t you guys see that? I nailed him straight in the face! It was epic. How did you guys miss that? The ball flew over like 10 baby heads,” explained Messi.

From the reports from the match, the target of Messi’s penalty shot was proved to be Hannibal Eulalia, Lionel Messi’s high school alumni, and also the man who is believed to have had love affairs with Messi’s former girlfriend.

“It’s not just because my girlfriend cheated on me for that guy. There’s more to it than that and you won’t believe some of the things he’s done to me at school. One time, he came up to me with his buddies and took my lunch money! He used to bully me every single day. Just thinking of that made me want to kick him in the face with a soccer ball whenever I think of that. And that’s exactly what I did in the game! Who knows I’ll be lucky enough to find him again in a crowd of 10,000 people all shouting my name? I didn’t want to miss my chances,” stated Messi in his interview.

In the last moments of his interview, where Messi was asked how he would make up for the loss against Chelsea and redeem himself for the elimination of his team in the Champions League, he then nonchalantly replied, “I’ll just win it next year. I’m still the best attacker in the whole league.”

Reports after the match of Barcelona and Chelsea confirmed that Lionel Messi, Barcelona’s famed attacker and supposedly the world’s best player, will be playing as a goalie for the next 5 seasons of his career with Barcelona.

The Ministry of B.C. Education Complains That Smart Students Are A Negative Effect In High School

            Past Monday, the Ministry of B.C. Education reported that the rate of smart students in the province has gotten too high. This is becoming a major problem in the province as the numbers of intelligent students are surpassing the number of ignorant or unintelligent students. Over the years, the ‘ignorant’ students complained that the smart students are making them feel bad about themselves for not doing as great as the smart ones.

           

           At Brainy Minds High school, the situation has gotten so bad that the students started to separate themselves. There are currently two groups in the high school, the Liluns and the Biguns.

            

          “We got the name Liluns due to the fact that we can’t do anything by ourselves. The other guys named themselves the Biguns because they will apparently lead the whole school to success”, said a member of the Liluns.

            

           Starting this coming week, some parents of the Liluns stated to host a campaign to ban smart students in the schools. As the situation seems to get worse, the teachers also proposed to help by marking the top A students harder and marking the Liluns using the rubrics for grade 5 students.