[lit-ideas] Re: Scrushy and the King of Arkansas
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 23:00:49 -0500
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> From: david ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Date: 12/2/2005 9:30:49 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Scrushy and the King of Arkansas
>
>
> When I taught my history of comedy class
> last year,
The history of comedy has to be so interesting. In times of great stress
comedy sometimes appears out of nowhere. In the movie Downfall that I saw
last week about the last days of Hitler and WWII, Germans would say to each
other that Berlin has turned into a warehouse. Where's my house, where's
your house they would say. Some say that laughter releases as much energy
as crying. Can you share some of the items that might have been on one of
the syllabuses?
I discovered that I don't find funny what current students
> find funny--Chris Rock and a Chinese-American stand-up whose act
> included a long riff on what it's like to have an accident in your
> underwear. I haven't remembered her name.
>
I never understood what was funny in this type of stuff either. At best
it's tiresome, downright boring. I would like to understand the appeal of
it. Does it improve with lots of cheap liquor, is that it?
Andy
> Who do you currently find funny?
>
> David Ritchie
> Portland, Oregon
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