Daily Blog 4\10\18

We watched clips in order to understand satire paradox and the tone differences within them.
Here are all the notes I gathered from class this day:

What is the “satire paradox” and how can we apply it to clips we looked at in class today?

1. Using comedy to expose stupid things in contemporary culture.
2. Satire: conflicting viewpoints

Clip from They Came Together:

What are the target(s) of the satire?

• Bad humor boys

What TONE does the satire develop?

• lighthearted , goofy, silly

Which CHOICES create that tone?

• Music, gag humor, silly williness

Tropes of Rom-Com?

• Double date, one normal couple, one dysfunctional, Taxi puddle, misfortune

+IRONIC -----> SINCERE

+POSITIVE ---> NEGATIVE

Clip from the Banksy “The Simpsons” Intro:

What are the target(s) of the satire?

• fox

What TONE does the satire develop?

• Depressing, serious

Which CHOICES create that tone?

• Music, depressing content, black and white

IRONIC -----> SINCERE-

POSITIVE ---> NEGATIVE-

Horatian Satire- Playful and more forgiving of the target

Juvenalian Satire-Extreme critique to heighten need to change

Learning about different subsections of genre and the different tones within those subsections actually helps to not critique peers podcasts as harshly because there are different ideas of what will make people understand information or different ideas of what is funny etc. Two podcasts could be considered humor, but the type of humor used could be considered different subsections of comedy.