Comedy as a media tool
Comedy offers many advantages of enriching our lives. As you are already probably aware of, modern science has done extensive research on the health benefits of laughter and humor.
At the same time, comedy is also a very powerful cultural medium. First and foremost, it contributes to our mindset and the lens through which we view and interpret our lived experiences. Further, comedy gives us a familiar venue to critically consider our own intellectual growth and development and that of American society as a whole. Thus, in very substantial and meaningful ways, comedy is often used to clarify cultural norms and values. Most comedy routines, therefore, have a very specific agenda---political, ethical, economic, etc--under the guise of entertainment. Yet, to be sure, this development of comedy is not new to the millennium generation. Thus, this week I want you to watch and evaluate an older comedy routine. I want you to pinpoint the main agenda of the comedian and give your 50-word personal evaluation of his performance. Link here
Due by Sunday 9/28
He talks about juggling and how it is kind of hard and kind of easy but it takes work to do and how different factors (gravity) can influence how you do it. His comedy is based on juggling and some tricks he does on juggling and what other funny things he can come up with that involves juggling. I thought his performance was pretty good he was funny on some parts but on the others I didn't think it was funny possibly because of the time period that certain things were funny in but regardless he is a pretty good juggler.
ReplyDeletenot enough and in it
Deletehe says juggling is kind of easy and kind of hard and takes hard work to do and how different factors can affect how well you do and his comedy is based on juggling and some other stuff he does with juggling and it looked pretty funny and he seemed like a pretty good juggler
ReplyDeletetoo many "and's" in it
DeleteThe comedian/Juggler mainly talked about juggling with a lil comedic humor every now and then. Personally i though this was a great routine for any age or time. Whats funny now is probably going to be funny in the future. he talked about different factors that can change the way you juggle such as gravity, weight, and of course while riding on a motorcycle.
ReplyDeleteAs a comedian's main purpose is to let the audience eyes attracted to you all in the past, and can let the audience feel a sense of humor to every word he said. The cast of the performing tricks can make him every action and expression can let the audience laughed, and he can do it, when he was performing miss also use the humor to buffer the mood of the audience. Important is when he shows he can accomplish the coming of the expressions do not panic and fear of failure, his performance is so successful because of his constant exercise and cultivate humor every day.
ReplyDeleteThe agenda of this comedian was that juggling is affected by different aspects which could make it easier or harder. These aspects were the different things that he juggled, the gravity, and if he was eating something. My personally evaluation of this act is that I liked it. He knew what he was doing there was never a stutter in his act. He got through the allotted time with ease and he never bored his audience. So to conclude this I say I loved this video it was funny.
ReplyDeletethe agenda of this comedian was juggling. he said that it is hard and easy to do. i thought this was a great video. he was funny, his act was really good, he did not really mess up or ever bore the audience or me. it was really cool when he was eating the apple while juggling.
ReplyDeleteAt first when watching this video you would not sense/suspect any hidden agenda. He isn't exactly making fun of any specific group of people. (race, religion, culture etc.) Actually he seems to be poking fun of himself more than anything. He does make a joke or 2 about other comics, comedians and jugglers but still I don't believe there was any specific hidden agenda behind that . As I proceeded to watch the video I saw that a lot of the humor came from the fact that He would say one thing and actually do another. He might say that he was going to do something and you would expect it to be done literally when in actuality he meant it figuratively or vice versa. Things can be interrupted differently based on your culture, your perspective in life etc. In different parts of the World things will have different meanings than they would here. (ex. Here if someone says that they're going to knock someone up that means that they are planning to impregnate them. Whereas, somewhere like England they simply mean they are going to give someone a call.) Overall, I don't think there was much of a hidden agenda in this video but I do see where things can be funny or comical because of the lenses through which you view certain things.
ReplyDeleteThe main agenda of this comdein was to tell that juggling is affected in different ways that could make it easier or harder depending on what you use to juggle.he juggled differnt things, through out the video the comdien wouls say one thing but do the complete oppiste of it. The video did not appear to be so funny to me but i undersrand what he was trying to say , you can change something so simple and make it look harder or easier then what it really is. Over all the message of the video was clear it was kind of funny but not really funny to me.
ReplyDeleteThe main agenda of the comedian was that alot of factors go into everything you do. The factors of his juggling were the ammount of objects he juggled, the weight of the objects, ect. I thought his juggling was very interesting and I enjoyed his routine alot. I also liked how he could eat an apple while juggling. My personal evaluation of his performance is that i really liked it overall, he never messed up and always kept the act moving.
ReplyDeleteJuggling is something that requires a lot if hard work and an object can determine how easy and how hard it can be to keep juggling. He kept the audience on their toes by saying something and then doing the exact opposite. I think he did a realy good job going up there and doing all those tricks because it takes a lot of practice and talent to be able to stay focused whilst making the audience laugh.
ReplyDeleteThe main agenda of the juggler was that there are a lot of things that go into juggling. No matter how many things you are trying to juggle it's all about paying attention to what you are juggling. And the whole time he was juggling, he was giving the audience his comedian act. I thought his jugglin act was kinda impressive, and it took a lot of skill to juggle a bowling ball, and egg, and a apple, and take a bite out of the apple and keep it in rotation.
ReplyDeleteI thought this was pretty cool. Juggling takes alot of practice and patience its pretty cool he could not only juggle but juggle a egg bowling ball and an. Apple, did i forget to mention he was also eating the apple
ReplyDeleteThe main agenda of this comedian was juggling. His jokes were not funny at first but as you watched the video it became interesting and funny.Juggling is something that requires full attention and a lot practice. As he added objects while juggling it also showed that sometimes in life we may go through a lot things at the same time but we can overcome everyone of them. He also try to make people understand that sometimes things may appear simple but they aren't as simple as they seem to be. So his juggling also showed aspects of different things(you can do at the same time) like him being funny and eating at the same time. I personally think that this video was nice and I did learn a lot of things just from watching it.
ReplyDeleteThe main talent that this comedian was juggling. His jokes did not turn out to be funny at first but the more I continued to watch I grew on him and it became hysterical. By adding different objects while juggling others proved that sometimes in life we go through situations that we don't think is possible to get out of but in actuality it really is. He also proves that everything is not what it seems. His juggling demonstrated that we can do whatever we put our mind to do. I personally think that this video was interesting and I learned a few things while watching it.
ReplyDeleteThe agenda of this comedian/juggler was that juggling is affected by different things that could make juggling either easy or hard. i liked how he talked about things that could make juggling very hard, and seeming almost like he couldn't do it but actually could, and did it almost perfect. over all this video was very entertaining. he could juggling very well and threw in some humor that was actually funny and made the video a whole lot better.
ReplyDeleteThe juggler's main agenda was to juggle. Juggling not only requires concentration but also to be good with patterns. It was impossible for the him to tell good jokes and juggle which shows the required concentration. This is an example of how you should put your focus fully on something in order to do things fully to the best of your ability.
ReplyDeleteThe jugglers agenda was a comedian juggler. It showed that juggling can be simple and complicated to do. He seemed to struggle when he tried to tell comedic jokes and juglge all at once.
ReplyDeleteThe juggler's agenda was basically to juggle, what a convince. He said that juggling requires a lot of time, concentration, and skill. You have to be able to throw the balls up into the air in a certain and consistent pattern. So you have to get all the timing perfectly or all the balls will go every which way. He was really bad at telling good, or some what good jokes so he did juggling. Juggling taught him concentration and how to tell jokes basically. I thought this was an example on how we can improve our activities if we spend more time on them and become dedicated to it. Also we ne to have a lot of concentration skills.
ReplyDeleteAgenda of this comedian was juggling. He was also easy and hard juggling trick was not. I saw this movie fun. He does not show up while juggling a mistake once I bring laughter to the audience in the proper element. He also showed that for the gravity and weight in the scene while riding a motorcycle show juggling. And when he was eating an apple while juggling was fun.
ReplyDeleteThe juggler's main idea was to juggle. Juggling requires extreme concentration and you have to be good with timing. It seems impossible to tell jokes and to juggle, that's how you know it requires extreme concentration. This is basically an example of how you should focus really hard and use that to do things to the best of your ability.
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