BRITISH HUMOUR

“It is clear that humour is far superior to humor.”

Oscar Wilde

CONTENTS

• Introduction• Characteristics of British Humour• Typical topics of British Humor• Conclusions

INTRODUCTIONWhat is British humour?

A form of entertainmentIt has developed over the

centuries: • Court Jestess• Comedies of Shakespeare• The invention of the radio• Television and cinema

CHARACTERISTICS OF BRITISH HUMOUR

SarcasmQuotation marks

around any World to make it funnier.

Slapstick It is a traditional folk-style

humorous.

• CrueltyBritish humour use to be cruel and sad.

Childish behaviorTo laugh at people misfortune and bad

luck

SatireMaking fun of famous people in

general.

Racism Making fun of the

English and foreigners: Germans, French, Spanish, Irish,...

The topics •Irony is the core of Humour. Examples: Charlie Chaplin"the only genius to come out of the movie

industry".

•Bullying and harsh sarcasm: it can mean like satire it make fun somebody or something . Example: - Blackadder, comedy TV series. - Tom Sharpe: he is written and his ability is to make fun the life and himself and it explain his succes.

• Smut and innuendo: Example: Carry on The man: Do you think the doctor could give Me some pills to improve my SEX URGE? The women: No lad he can only heal the sick Not raise the dead!

•Disrespect to members of the establishment: Exemple: Not the Nine O’clock news

•The absurd: is a genre of comedy that relies upon "a violation of causal reasoning," with events that are "logically inappropriate”.

It’s absurd and surreal. Example: Green Wing: an experimental sitcom that utilizes surrealism

• Monty Python sketch "dead parrot." In this sketch, a man tries to make another man believe that a parrot is dead. Here is a transcript of this sketch:

MAN: I believe that this parrot is dead. SHOPKEEPER: Yep, looks pretty dead to me. MAN: That settles that then.

• The macabre: consist on Black Humour.

Exemple: Death at a funeral

• The humour inherent in everyday life:

Exemple: - El principe Bel air: it was a serie comedy - The simpson

•The British Class system consist on make humour with the situation in the class system.

•The embarrassment of social ineptitude:

Mr. Bean: it was a british comedy television series that make humour with the all situation.

•The lovable rogue: consist on make humour in the love.

The Likely Lads was a black and white British sitcom.

•Making fun of foreigners: is especially common in television

sitcoms and films of the 1970s'Allo 'Allo!: It was a serie comedy set

During World War II. This series making fun of French.

CONCLUSIONSWe can find british humour: • TV series comedy•Films•Postcard•Radio station •Magazine

The topycs that are more success: •Irony: Charlie Chaplin •The Humour inherent everyday life : El principe Bel air and Simpson•The British class system and the embarrassment of social

ineptitude: Mr. Bean

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