From their post on YouTube:
A long-forgotten 1951 classroom film from Medium Large's educational library ("Bake Your Way to Marriage!" "How to Cripple a Bully" "Polio: God's Judgment Against Gays" ), this short exposes the chilling, horrifying, alarming truth about comedy in a fun, fact-filled format. The movie was made possible with a grant from "Buick: The Cadillac of Cars."
Written, drawn and directed by Francesco Marciuliano. Edited by Sara Benincasa.
http://www.medium-large.com
http://francescoexplainsitall.blogspot.com
Monday, September 22, 2008
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Banana Slips on a Human
There is so much going on here in terms of humor. The first thing that comes to mind is the obvious frame shift. The shift may come late after the banana falls, realizing that it has slipped on a human. This then creates the association of parody on the timeless slipping on a banana peel joke. Added associations for more comic effect are the suitcase and umbrella the banana is holding. This frames the banana in our world which Echoes the theories of Henri Bergson:
"You may laugh at an animal, but only because you have detected in it some human attitude or expression. You may laugh at a hat, but what you are making fun of, in this case, is not the piece of felt or straw, but the shape that men have given it,--the human caprice whose mould it has assumed. It is strange that so important a fact, and such a simple one too, has not attracted to a greater degree the attention of philosophers. Several have defined man as “an animal which laughs.” They might equally well have defined him as an animal which is laughed at; for if any other animal, or some lifeless object, produces the same effect, it is always because of some resemblance to man, of the stamp he gives it or the use he puts it to."
Food is no different. Now with the rise of analytical comedy, a lot of weight is put on laughter in the question, "Why am I laughing at this?" which leads to "Why was this video even produced?" which may lead to another frame of laughter. The incongruity of the scenario lends itself extreme to the release of laughter. Banana's slipping on humans doesn't make sense, and this is a basic form of laughter that even the youngest human can cognitively understand.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Jared Medeiros "Go Get Your Mule"
A few years ago Jared Medeiros released (on the internet) a few videos that remade some old media. The remakes are filled with humorous subtlety thats speak about the mediums they're emulating. These are some of the most honest, creative, timely remakes on the internet. And we know how swamped the internet is with remake culture. This is one of the few times I support remake culture in art.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Inciting Humor
In regards to the Jews developing humor in German Culture, refer to the book Inciting Laughter by JeffersonS. Chase.
I haven't read it. It's on my "to read" list.
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