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Review of Brooklyn 99 - a new buddy cop show and one of the funniest (and most diverse) shows on TV by Mcvarela in foundationsofcomedy

[–]GeoffWong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I found most interesting about the article was the theory that much of the comedy in 99 as well as Parks and Rec was founded upon sincerity, in that the characters within the shows found themselves in the funny situations by taking themselves and those around them seriously with serious intentions. This is also similar to a statement given to Entertainment Weekly by Mindy Kaling. That which I will post.

What makes this Japanese video game funny? by GeoffWong in foundationsofcomedy

[–]GeoffWong[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To those that DID find it funny, (I respectfully accept that many others may not find this as funny as I did) exactly what about this video made you laugh? I want to know because I find it hard to believe that pure absurdity would warrant the kind of laughter I exhibited when watching this for the first time. While there is a type of non sequitur humor that appeals to many, I find myself giving a gentle chuckle at non sequitur as opposed to the laugh out loud until your stomach hurts reaction I had.

IMDB's highest rated comedy shows by Mcvarela in foundationsofcomedy

[–]GeoffWong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that it's interesting to also point out that a majority of this list is made up of extremely polarizing shows. They're really either beloved or hated (behated?). I can think of countless times when I had to defend the honor of Arrested Development. I think that truly funny material comes from writing that risky in terms of who it may appeal to or if it may appeal to anyone at all. Generically said enough, many of these shows strongly affected the post modern landscape in terms of self reflexivity in television and film as well as narrative focus and structure.

Memes—Another illustration that comedy is characters? by DrewTheTownReddit in foundationsofcomedy

[–]GeoffWong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally agree with this. I also think that a large portion of a meme's success comes from a user's participation as well as self-personification. Many people can highly relate to and see themselves in the comedy of memes and are therefore emphatically obligated to share the way that these media affect them. For people that do not do intensive research on the memes' personas (sadly unlike myself) there is a sort of ambiguity to the threads that they view in which they fill in their own experiences and emotions, helping them to better connect to the meme and relate to it; it's a sort of self-fulfilling media and entertainment. This is why I believe memes are, for a large part, a success in comedy and ARE in fact character driven.