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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBill Burr comes across as an insensitive white guy with anger issues. He is often yelling, swearing profanity every third word and looks always triggered. He uses exaggerism often by shouting and portraying loud characters. His materials are black humor – jokes may be offensive to many and he does not care about political correctness. For example, he jokes that due to the heightened attention on pedophilia, people are scared of being alone with children in case they get accused of molesting children. Pedophilia is a serious issue but you can\u2019t help but laugh when he exaggerates how he will act around children. His skit about racism was equally funny. His portrayed racist character was like a caricature. He acted out a white guy from a movie who shouts at the black swim team to \u201cGet out of the pool!\u201d. He says that there is no such guy who shouts racist remarks to the face of black kids. He says that racism is usually quiet. Bill Burr\u2019s other skit was about neutering pets. He asked the audience why they don\u2019t see dogs with balls anymore. This is an example of blue humor. He makes fun of seeing dogs with big balls hanging. His behavior on stage is outrageous but if you listen carefully, he makes many valid points. Now everyone is scared to be alone with children without other witnesses. His point that racism is happening more subtly and quietly is also very true. It helps that he acts those characters exaggeratedly on the stage so that it is easier to imagine the scenario and the audience can see themselves in the scene. He voices questions that many people have, but afraid to ask, because they don\u2019t want to be seen as someone against the social movement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Pawel Kuczynski is a painter and a visual satirist from Poland. First his paintings are interesting and almost beautiful to look at. Some of his work is very funny. He paints topics depicting modern social issues, especially people\u2019s obsession with cell phones and social media. For example one of the pieces was a child playing in a sandbox whose frame was actually a tablet, and a cat is seen pooping in that sandbox, meaning that the internet is full of crap. Another example of his creative, yet crazy art is his painting of a teenager glued to their phone with a Pikachu riding on their back. It shows that a fictional character Pikachu from the Pokemon Go game is controlling the kid\u2019s behavior. The amount of caricature, exaggeration and satire used in Pawel\u2019s artwork makes the artwork more enjoyable. He uses his illustrations to convey his messages and ideas about the problems of modern society. He deals with a wide range of issues, such as poverty, greed, politics and mortality, war and environmental damage, which are the most serious problems humanity is facing. However the ones with social media spoke to me the most because I can see many teenagers hooked on their devices. He makes a point that everyone is \u201cconnected\u201d on social media but in reality they are all sitting alone on their cell phone island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For my project I plan to make a visual satirical art piece about the level of craziness social distancing has become. I plan to use humor such as exaggerism, black humor and satire from the Comedy Toolbox to represent my visual satire. It will be presented on Adobe Photoshop using many different ink pen techniques. I plan to use a lot of colors like black and purple, to represent the feeling of fear and isolation with how crazy social distancing has become. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The humorists Bill Burr and Pawl Kuczynski inspired me to create a visual satire also addressing modern social issues that is funny or outrageous to look at, but with a deeper meaning behind it. I plan to make one illustration that depicts the social issue and I plan to do the work myself. The topic I chose is COVID-19 and social distancing with personal protective equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In my visual satire, I intend to draw a couple going out on a date, but with an extensive amount of protection during their date for dinner. I plan to make both people wear gas masks so that you\u2019ll sense an intensive feeling that they\u2019re in the middle of the world war. I also will include a clear plexiglass barrier between their tables to represent the exaggeration of protection for social distancing. Around them, I intend to add that both people are constantly hand santizing themselves in prevention of getting the virus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I would say that the theme for this project will be an exaggeration of people\u2019s fear but also a sense of humor because while it\u2019s scary to get infected by a virus, it\u2019s also hilarious by how over the top people are acting during the pandemic. While I do hope to make a laugh out of people I do think it\u2019s also important to note how big of a problem the pandemic is for everyone. I think that the theme I chose for this project is a good idea as it something that anyone in the world can relate to. Both humorists definitely helped me with the idea of targeting something that has to do with modern day social issues. It gave me an idea that I can illustrate a topic that is serious and could be sensitive to some, but hopefully most people will find it funny because it is exaggerated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~NickyK\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pawel.jpg\")
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