Update to Political, Social and Entertainment Comedians
Just to keep everyone abreast of the updates I make to the site, I decided I should announce them in separate posts, under Ramblings. This update is to the post...
Author: nwilson
Problems with Satiric Irony
I’m still talking about Bill Maher’s 2007 HBO stand-up showcase, Bill Maher: The Decider, where, after greeting the Boston crowd, Maher begins with ...
Satiric Irony and Litige
To continue with Bill Maher’s 2007 HBO stand-up showcase, Bill Maher: The Decider, I’ve indicated the part after he greets the Boston crowd, where M...
Satire (and Litige)
In his 2007 HBO stand-up showcase, Bill Maher: The Decider, after greeting the Boston crowd, Maher begins with a critique of President George W. Bush. Only 50 ...
Irony: Traditional Verbal Irony
Irony has been studied since at least Classical Greece. There are a few different types of irony, including dramatic irony, where the words or actions of the c...
I’m Joking/Just Kidding
A topic on my list of things to cover in this blog are statements of “just kidding” and “I’m joking.” I started on this in my ana...
Tragedy Plus Time
In my analysis of Mike Birbiglia’s Thank God for Jokes, I included this blurb about how, in an off-hand way, Birbiglia mentions that “Comedy equals ...
Category Updates!
In trying to get more organized here (and as I’ve started to get enough material up), the time has come to start creating sub-categories! There are now si...
Carnival II: Real Action
In a previous post, I discussed a common, simple model of carnivalesque that was based off the idea of a Roman Catholic celebration of Carnival prior to Lent wr...
Carnival I: Simple Inversion
It’s fairly common, when talking about humor, to use the word carnivalesque (see for instance Fiske; Gilbert; Miller). The concept was most famously used...