Mechanical Humor Theory

Have you ever wondered why people laugh or what makes things funny? It is because of the elements the authors use in their texts like, irony and satire. There are different types of comedy also, high comedy and low comedy. In the book, “Live Right and Find Happiness” by Dave Barry, there is an article entitled, “A Letter to my Grandson”, in that article he shows a good example of high comedy. In Dave Barry’s article, “A Letter to my Grandson”, is a high level comedy that uses sarcasm and hyperbole to reveal a universal truth about how the little things in life drive people insane and Dave told his grandson how to handle the situations in comedic ways.

Henri Bergson believes “mechanical inelasticity” (Bergson ) is essential to laughter. In Chaplin’s movie Modern Times, there are many illustrations of such technique that not only composes humorous but also contribute to its theme—capitalists exploit low social status workers.After giving the very basic elements of laughter:—lack of emotions, connection to human traits, relationship to social context —Bergson introduces mechanical inelasticity as the main cause of his main idea regard to laughter. Inelasticity is rigidness. When people are insensitive to changes and remains the last state of their bodies, their bodies are lack of elasticity. The example provided by Bergson is when someone falls, the person may fall because he or she fails to

Norman Cousins said, “Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions" (Moss 1). Humor is studied by many researchers in sociology, psychology, art, literature, and medicine. When people wonder whether humor aids in areas other than health, a treasure trove of possible benefits to the learning or educational community is opened up. Humor can be used as a tool to promote learning.Research speaks to the many benefits of humor in healing, to its benefits in the classroom or boardroom, from reducing stress of students or employees, to boosting self-esteem and feelings of camaraderie. Additionally, studies show that those who use humor to convey a message are often more favorably perceived. Humor helps deliver the presenter's message to

“Humour is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement.” The term Humour has been derived from the Greek language, which teaches that humour is the balance of fluids in the human body. Humour is savoured by different taste-buds like: Anecdotal, Blue, Dark/Gallows/Morbid, Epigrammatic, Hyperbolic, Ironic, Satirical, Satirical, Situational and Slapstick. Franz Kafka, the author of the outright existential classic ‘The Metamorphosis’ uses depressing humour to deal with the bitter deathly truths of life.

Laughter is contagious; much more infectious than any sneeze, sniffle, or yawn out there. When laughter is shared amongst a group, it forms a bond and spreads happiness throughout. Laughter is also known to increase confidence, even on the worst of days. In Ken Kesey's novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the patients, day by day, do not live their own lives, but instead, one that is under the control of Nurse Ratched. The patients have been in a mental institution for so long, they are surrounded by a depressing and bland world, so much so, that now they are relatively lifeless. In this novel, laughter is indeed the best medicine and frees one from control and oppression and gives the patient's confidence to have their own voice.

Humor is our way of expressing our opinions and thoughts, in a way that lets us see the gravity of the situation but in a less complex, serious tone. In the book Status Anxiety, Alain de Botton, believes that Humor is vital to Society, due to it allowing “humorist to say things that other people cannot or will not say”. Button is right in believing that Humor is vital to society. It allows for other people to feel more comfortable expressing their own opinions without it turning into a serious discussion. Humor as found itself in political cartoons, Stand-up comedy like comedian Gabriel Iglesias, and TV shows like Saturday Night Live.

The comedy is character organic and there are some really nice laugh-out-loud moments, especially the quip about “John Lennon” and when Beethoven says, “How do you spell Rawkus?” Beethoven interacting with nature and “orchestrating” them is delightful. The psych hospital sequences are also fun.

Laughter is said to be the best medicine. While that may be true, it's important to always give the patient the right medicine, otherwise it is useless and, in some cases, harmful. The same can be said for humor: give a person a joke without thinking, and they could end up confused by the joke or offended by it. Because of this, many authors have several techniques to find the perfect joke befitting their audience in order to provide a clear and crisp way of showing the reader their message.

One of the types of humor he uses is self deprecation. He is a short man, and one way he deals with that is making jokes about it himself before anyone else can so that he doesn’t get his feelings hurt or made fun of by others. He also uses sad but true humor. He makes jokes about things that are maybe more uncomfortable for some people. He uses the things that makes us different like skin tone, weight, height, age, and many other things so that we can laugh at them.

In Jenny Allen's essay "The Trouble With Nature" humor is utilized in order to entertain the reader and inform them, and let them know that in nature no matter what you try to dodge and ignore there is always going to be something else. This is because nature goes as it pleases and there really is no boudaries or rules that it has to go by.

When those mishaps appear in our life, it’s important for us to relax and move onto the next thing and enjoy the moment. I found this movie making me laugh often, and appreciative for the time that I get with my

An example of this is when Mark is trying to construct a potato farm on Mars. “Yeah. This all sounds like a great idea with no chance of catastrophic failure. That was all sarcasm, by the way” (Weir, 40). Weir adds sarcasm in parts of the story where people are in tons of danger, or, in this case, going to die, to break the suspense and add some humor. Weir also adds humor in when Mark is bored and doing another useless journal entry. “How come Aquaman can control whales? They’re mammals! Makes no sense” (Weir 64). Weir adds in little bits of random humor, usually in the middle of something incredibly frightening, to show that in the center of all this, Mark still finds time to be bored. In this novel, Weir uses lots of humor to break up suspense and humor to establish a connection with the

Humor offers different levels of entertainment to many people. They’re like jokes after hearing the joke once, will it be funny again? Thus, it’s a good way to evaluate a film to how much comic does it actually provide. Still, not everyone have the same perception of their way of analyzing film but it offers a glimpse of what to expect in the film. In the film, “Hot Fuzz,” by Edgar Wright, certain aspects of the film are analyzed for its noteworthy humor.

The comedy genre is not one I am particularly well-versed in. I enjoy comedy, but for whatever reason I do not laugh as much as many people during funny movies. More often than not, I smile and chuckle while others hold their stomachs in pain from their abundant laughter. So it must be a very amusing movie indeed (or at least one that appeals to my particular tastes) to make me genuinely laugh. The Other Guys accomplishes this feat.

Firstly, the screenplay was written by George Clooney and Grant Heslov. While dealing with dark subject matter, it can be difficult to keep a light hearted tone. While majority of the dialogue dealt with some form of dark topic, there were continuous laughs from one liners and sarcastic character interactions. When you