Comedy Assessment 22-23

Humor that gives a break from tension. Humor allows people to deal with unpleasant or forbidden issues.

• Release Theory

• Superiority Theory

• Incongruity Theory

People laugh at those who appear to be dumber than they judge themselves to be.

• Release Theory

• Superiority Theory

• Incongruity Theory

Things that don't go together are put together or the opposite of what you would expect to happen occurs.

• Release Theory

• Superiority Theory

• Incongruity Theory

purpose to persuade and entertain

• high comedy

• low comedy

purpose is just to entertain

• high comedy

• low comedy

audience laughs at the dialogue between characters

• high comedy

• low comedy

audience laughs at the situation or the plot

• high comedy

• low comedy

use of clever language

• high comedy

• low comedy

easy to understand and straight forward

• high comedy

• low comedy

comedy that requires you to think

• high comedy

• low comedy