This is Scarlet. And as you can probably tell she is just enjoying her day singing until an unfortunate event happens. She miss judges her footing, steps to close to the edge of the table causing the table to flip and her to fall over backwards. At first I am worried for her safety and then I can't help but laugh. As I re-watch this video I cannot control the laughter. Scarlet is a good example of the superiority theory. I am laughing at her misfortune. Not only does she fall, but the editor of the video replays her falling in slow motion and adds sub titles for the viewers enjoyment. The editor of the video realizes that for his or hers video to get the most views it must apply to one of the three theories of humor; superiority, incongruity, or relief. The editor decides to use the superiority theory because it is the easiest and funniest of the three.
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
One step to far
This is Scarlet. And as you can probably tell she is just enjoying her day singing until an unfortunate event happens. She miss judges her footing, steps to close to the edge of the table causing the table to flip and her to fall over backwards. At first I am worried for her safety and then I can't help but laugh. As I re-watch this video I cannot control the laughter. Scarlet is a good example of the superiority theory. I am laughing at her misfortune. Not only does she fall, but the editor of the video replays her falling in slow motion and adds sub titles for the viewers enjoyment. The editor of the video realizes that for his or hers video to get the most views it must apply to one of the three theories of humor; superiority, incongruity, or relief. The editor decides to use the superiority theory because it is the easiest and funniest of the three.
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It's certainly hard to explain these things without a kind of superiority theory it would seem. Of course, if we truly wanted to be superior, then it might be funny if she was actually hurt, no? Perhaps something like Hutcheson's notion of opposite ideas applied to the dignity of the person?
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