Canadians' Sense of Humour?
Sep 17th 2009, 11:38 pm
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Re: Canadians' Sense of Humour?
As much as british humour is based on class, yank humour is based on race. I watch jon stewart regularly and they seem obsessed by it. There's that guy who does the 'black correspondent' bit - I can kind of see why americans find it funny, it just seems odd to me though.
Sep 17th 2009, 11:44 pm
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Re: Canadians' Sense of Humour?
As much as british humour is based on class, yank humour is based on race. I watch jon stewart regularly and they seem obsessed by it. There's that guy who does the 'black correspondent' bit - I can kind of see why americans find it funny, it just seems odd to me though.
Sep 17th 2009, 11:49 pm
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Re: Canadians' Sense of Humour?
...wouldn't say these performers "resort" to this type of materiel - they do (did) confront these difficult issues in a straight-on confrontational manner. If you find them unfunny, fair enough, but these particular chaps are, I believe, the opposite of bigoted.
Sep 17th 2009, 11:59 pm
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Re: Canadians' Sense of Humour?
It's interesting that N. Americans overwhelmingly self identify as middle class. Everyone from a school caretaker to Jay Leno, from factory worker to Bill Gates. How do you laugh at people who are essentially the same as you, just more successful?
At least with the more distinct class structure in the UK it gives us good comic material. It's funny to laugh at the idiocy of the upper classes, the pitiable sycophancy of the middle class and the bumbling militancy of the working class. In NA, the major differences are ethnicity and religion. Making fun at those just comes across as unseemly bigoted.
At least with the more distinct class structure in the UK it gives us good comic material. It's funny to laugh at the idiocy of the upper classes, the pitiable sycophancy of the middle class and the bumbling militancy of the working class. In NA, the major differences are ethnicity and religion. Making fun at those just comes across as unseemly bigoted.
Sep 18th 2009, 1:16 am
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Re: Canadians' Sense of Humour?
I think they're in turn embarrassed, obsessed and amused by their own very recent history and it's "racial issues".
Trekkie fact: an episode where Kirk and Uhura kissed wasn't shown widely in the US.
Sep 18th 2009, 1:23 am
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Re: Canadians' Sense of Humour?
Take the film 'trading places' - that comedy clasic is very much based on social class. But also Eddie Murphy is the poor guy from the underclass, so maybe it's based on race too, although I can say I honestly never thought of it that way. Not sure if this supports his premise or not
Sep 18th 2009, 1:43 am
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Re: Canadians' Sense of Humour?
British Rail used to have 1st and 2nd class compartments ... the US is the only western country that I'm aware of that segregated public transport based on skin colour.
I think they're in turn embarrassed, obsessed and amused by their own very recent history and it's "racial issues".
Trekkie fact: an episode where Kirk and Uhura kissed wasn't shown widely in the US.
I think they're in turn embarrassed, obsessed and amused by their own very recent history and it's "racial issues".
Trekkie fact: an episode where Kirk and Uhura kissed wasn't shown widely in the US.
Point 2) Does the word APARTHEID ring a bell?
Sep 18th 2009, 4:23 am
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Re: Canadians' Sense of Humour?
Don't think I said the entire frikkin (good use of Canadian eh?) USA endorsed it with heart and soul
Unfortunately what one part of any country accepts as normal often brands the entire nation as a whole in the eyes of the rest of the world.
South Africa?? Did I have to limit my comment to the developed northern hemisphere??
Go fork yourself twice over with the blunt end of a lacrosse stick
Unfortunately what one part of any country accepts as normal often brands the entire nation as a whole in the eyes of the rest of the world.
South Africa?? Did I have to limit my comment to the developed northern hemisphere??
Go fork yourself twice over with the blunt end of a lacrosse stick
Sep 18th 2009, 4:39 am
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Re: Canadians' Sense of Humour?
bollox.
Sep 18th 2009, 4:42 am
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