Over and over again, the characters in Lonesco\u2019s book shout, \u201coh, look a rhinoceros!\u201d. At first, the people are shocked at the sight, but the main character, Barenger, does not find the rhinoceroses very surprising to see. When Jean, Barenger\u2019s friend, asks what Barenger thinks of the sudden rhinoceros stampeding around town, Barenger says he thinks \u201cnothing…it made a lot of dust\u2026\u201d. His muted reaction to the absurd occurrence he was faced with made him seem resistant to the ways of the people around him, which in this case was a metaphor for the rising of the Nazi party in Germany. Pilgrim\u2019s absurd experience was with the \u201cTralfamadorians\u201d that captured him and took them to their planet of Tralfamadore. He was much less resistant to being abducted by the aliens. Both men showed a sort of apathy and\/or misunderstanding of what was happening to and around them. This shows the hopelessness that many people felt both as citizens in warring countries and as soldiers in said war. <\/span><\/p>\n During the course of Slaughterhouse Five, the phrase \u201cso it goes\u201d is repeated over and over again after the mention of someone\u2019s passing. This also shows the Pilgrim sees the world as an inevitable string of fate that we are all doomed to follow without being able to change anything. Pilgrim accepts the things that are going on around him with a sort of depressed apathy, whereas the people in Rhinoceros end up jumping into the strangeness. When Mrs. Boeff\u2019s husband turned into a rhinoceros, she exclaimed \u201cI can\u2019t abandon him!\u201d when others tried to get her to stay away from her husband and jumped onto his back. She didn\u2019t just accept that her husband had turned, she vowed to join him. Throughout the book, Pilgrim is shown as apathetic and not trying to make things any better or worse of his situation. When Pilgrim was told to strip he \u201cdid as he was told, took off his clothes\u201d (81).<\/span><\/p>\n The main messages of this story are very similar, but they show completely different ways of coping with things that are unimaginable. Pilgrim was resigned with his fate, not bothering to change anything, since he saw everything as inevitable.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Steve Hofstetter and John Mulaney are both stand-up comedians, but their sets give off very different vibes. Steve Hofstetter\u2019s comedy is very cynical for the most part. Most of his jokes surround either things in the news or things he has observed others do. He points out the stupid things that people do, and his liberal comments are often fairly divisive with his audience members. He has become well-known for his off-the-cuff style and his infamous dealings with hecklers. The fact that his shows are liberal has almost become a joke in and of itself as he will often ask hecklers if they knew who he was when they bought their tickets if they have something to say about his politics. <\/span><\/p>\n John Mulaney, on the other hand, is relatively unproblematic. Possibly due to his fame, he shies away from things that may be seen as \u201cproblematic\u201d. He is a liberal comedian, there is no doubt, but he often does not bring up his politics in his show to the same degree that Hofstetter does. His act is a lot more jovial and he typically does not cover any serious topics. He mostly talks about funny situations that he was directly a part of or describes things that he imagined could have happened in a given scenario. <\/span><\/p>\n Hofstetter and Mulaney are both narrative-driven comedians, but whereas Mulaney is more focused on his interactions and those that deal with him directly, Hofstetter tends to give others a hard time. Hofstetter does talk about himself in his act, but his humor is a lot more observational and critical of others. A lot of his jokes are about people doing or saying stupid things, whether that\u2019s one of his fans or a politician. He gives everyone around him a hard time. Mulaney has a much more personal set as he often talks about either the shows he likes, like his many jokes about Law and Order, or his childhood, \u201cthe Salt and Pepper Diner\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n The snarky style that Hofstetter has is most likely a big reason that he hasn\u2019t made it as big as other less problematic comedians have like \u201cFluffy\u201d and Mulaney himself. Some venues may be a lot more hesitant to book him due to his divisive jokes and willingness to clapback at a heckler in the audience. He has a fairly large following, but not as large as others, though it is arguable that the following that he has is a lot more loyal to him due to his willingness to \u201csay what\u2019s on everyone\u2019s mind\u201d, much like a liberal version of Donald Trump, ironically. <\/span><\/p>\n The kind, kid-next-door vibe that John Mulaney has is much more inviting to new and broad audiences. He never makes you feel alienated and you often find yourself resonating with his stories even if you\u2019ve never been in the type of situation he\u2019s describing. His famous \u201cthe one thing you can\u2019t replace\u201d story of going to an underclassman\u2019s house and watching the place get trashed over the course of the night isn\u2019t something that everyone can say that they have experienced, however, we all know people that do stupid things for no good reason. We have also all been in situations where we ourselves have done stupid things because of the environment we were in and felt regretful about our pasts. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In my stand-up routine, I plan on using a light-hearted and self-deprecating tone. I feel like John Mulaney\u2019s style is more what I am going to be aiming for, as his storytelling skills are incredible and I plan on my routine being mostly narrative-based. I also want my routine to be focusing mainly on the interactions that I\u2019ve had with people and not just on the idiocy of people around me, though that will most-likely be an element as well. <\/span><\/p>\n My narrative is going to be about me when I was around 14-16 and really, desperately wanted to be different. So much so that I almost started testosterone. While not many people can relate to the extremity of my wanting to be different, everyone has been that cringe-y young teen that wanted nothing more than to stand out from the crowd, for better or worse. Since I want my audience to relate to my stories, I will implement the kind and friendly style that Mulaney has in most of his sets. This should not be too difficult since I already know and am comfortable with a lot of the people in my class. <\/span><\/p>\n I also, want to put a little bit of political commentary into my skit, much like Hofstetter does, because it has a lot to do with my main topic, which loosely centers around being non-binary. I want to be careful though, because I don\u2019t want to make being non-binary a joke, I just want to show that my thoughts on being non-binary were very flawed and led to many uncomfortable situations that could have easily been avoided had i just not cared so much about being different. Individualism is great, but the way I was going about it was toxic for me and the people closest to me. <\/span><\/p>\n It has been a big struggle trying to accept what I just narrowly avoided, so i think the best way to heal from that is to try to joke about it. Truth and pain. A lot of comedians heal that way, and I\u2019ve already come to terms with what I did, so I do not see the harm in trying to make it into some sort of joke, much like how Hofstetter often jokes about his divorce. You could tell that it actually really affected him at first, however, he has since said that the divorce was the best thing that the two of them could have done in their situation. They were both better off not being together.<\/span><\/p>\n I want my stand-up routine to end off on a pretty happy note, so I\u2019ll probably talk about the benefits that came from that experience in the last bit of my act. It probably will not be as funny, but I also want to leave the audience feeling good, I do not want them to be feeling sorry for me or in general have a bad taste in their mouths at the end of it.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Are you working with a group? Yes* or No<\/strong><\/p>\n No<\/span><\/p>\n Which form of humor are you planning to develop?\u00a0Will it be a LIVE or pre-recorded performance? <\/strong><\/p>\nHumor Study<\/h3>\n
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