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Our Humor unit consisted of reading two humorous works in English and creating our own project based off a variety of comedic improvisation exercises we did in class, spoken humor performances, and comedic terms an techniques we learned along the way.\u00a0 This valued this unit because it taught me various forms of humor and required me to analyze comedy from a different perspective. I enjoyed reading both Rhinoceros by\u00a0Eug\u00e8ne Ionesco, and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. Through reading these works, I learned of absurdism and different ways in which seemingly traumatic experiences can be portrayed as humorous.<\/p>\n

My final project was not what I expected it to be. I feel as though my partner and I did a good job capturing various aspects of absurdity and exaggeration when we wrote the script and filmed for our project. However, I believe that the end product could’ve have been edited better and could’ve been a little more cohesive as a whole so that our audience could better understand and follow along.<\/p>\n

Humor Project Proposal<\/h1>\n

Analysis of Two Humorist Inspirations<\/h4>\n

The television shows,\u00a0<\/span>The Office<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Modern Family,<\/span><\/i> use several similar techniques which influenced our humor project. The shows use anecdotes to incite laughter in the audience. In The Office, each day it\u2019s a new story and everyone has their own individual narratives which they contribute to the storyline through their one-on-one time with the camera. The same can be said for Modern Family — there are different families who each get their time with the camera and share their own lives with the audience. Comedic banter is more prevalent in The Office than in Modern Famly. The show touches on office relationships and the playful and sarcastic banter which takes place in the workspace. In Modern Family, familial banter is portrayed more often in the wide-take shots (non-confessionals). The Office utilizes blue humor when characters joke about topics such as sex and bodily functions which is influenced by the head of the company, Micheal Scott. His too-often inappropriate conversations with his employees are funny to the audience since it\u2019s something that usually doesn\u2019t take place in an office. Here are a few additional comedic techniques often used in both shows:<\/span><\/p>\n