Category: Humor

Introduction

Humor is something that makes us smile at the beginning of the day and wonder for a time. Youll be amazed at the end of the day, and then laugh again upon remembering you really had a day. Its a smile and a laughter that make us healthy inside and out. Humor is a part of life, and if we try to ignore it because of too many activities, or of little things that we tend to magnify in spite of their irrelevance in our lives, then life becomes boring and unhealthy, and for all we know weve fallen into a pit of misery.

We have different tastes when it comes to humor. Some want antics, others slapsticks, still others want it light. What do I want? Anything, anything that makes me smile when after a long time, Ill still be able to remember it.

Main body

I always love humor. And I like to smile and laugh. Weve got to love it because its what makes life exciting. Humor occurs any moment. It is sometimes a cause for an effect, a motivational factor for change, a medicine, a bridge (sort of) between couples, and so forth.

And laughter is a physical activity. Its not an irrelevant activity; our body needs it, like a medicine for a stressful day. Scott Feschuk, in an article in the humour issue of the Readers Digest titled Why Women Just Dont Get It, says, We laugh to signal safety, when fears of trouble are defused. German soldiers in World War One were seen to laugh after surviving a bombardment. A baby laughs when tickled to show that he knows this attack is in play.

Laughter as medicine, but what if you have a broken leg, is not a cast much better?

Yes, I never laughed before than I did in this class of humorous people and teacher. Whenever I touch base here, I always like to place myself in the center of a joke. Thats because Ive never felt so relaxed, and healthy, and happy. I want to be humorous, but not to the extent of becoming a clown. But if that would really happen on me, I would just have to love it. Making people happy for what I appear to be may just be a consolation as a human being. To laugh is to be happy. You dont see people laugh when they are sad, although there are people who are like that. But still, laughing your problems and your miseries out can be self healing.

David Granirer says, Weve heard the saying Laughter is the best medicine, but now its scientifically proven! According to Dr. Lee Berk of the Loma Linda School of Public Health in California, laughter strengthens the immune system and lowers levels of stress hormones like cortisol and epinephrine. After a bout of laughter, blood pressure drops to a lower, healthier level than when the laughter began. Dr. William Fry of Stanford University found that twenty seconds of guffawing gives the heart the same workout as three minutes of hard rowing.

We see what a small amount of laughter can do for us humans. Even animals do it for their own health.

Scott Feschuk likewise writes, When it comes to comedy, new scientific research tells us there is a significant gender divide  the brains of men and women react quite differently when confronted with a punchline.

There are differences in both sexes grasp and understanding of humour and how their brains work.

Experts at Vanderbilt University in Nashville say that giggles burn some calories, and the more you laugh, the more you burn. (Curtis 75).

Activity in the Workplace

Humor stories for the workplace

We have to know what makes people happy and laugh, and change. We always want others to change. But we never want ourselves to change. Our organization has to change for the better. And this we can make it happen through humor.

I would like to do an activity involving humor in the workplace along with employees and managers. My objective here is to change some moods of people in the workplace. An organization whose daily routine involves work and all work has to change. We will record this activity to include the reactions of the people in the workplace.

The objective is to make humor and laughing a part of the culture of the organization, so as to make the workplace exciting and happy for all. This is designed to change the boring atmosphere in the workplace.

Outline

Granirer says, In todays workplace, wellness is a serious issue. With terms like stress-related-illness and burnout becoming household words, organizations look increasingly for ways to keep their workforce happy, healthy and productive.

We plan to make a change in our own organization and business through some simple activities that will make people laugh and happy, hence change moods of people in the workplace. First, we have to get the cooperation of some employees and supervisors in the workplace. We will assemble and meet the people whom I think are cooperative, make up or tell short anecdotes that will make them laugh. A suggestion is to have costumes of clowns with some touch of Santa Claus. Yes, a clown Santa would be just fine for this business full of serious people. Our goal is to make this a permanent change in the organization, although not outright permanent change. We can introduce it slowly but surely. What is important is to make them happy this Christmas season, and if possible, make them always no matter the time of year. Making them happy is making them laugh. And since laughter is contagious, they will bring it to their families and friends outside the work place.

We will tell stories, anecdotes, quotes, and valuable information, informally to employees. This will be done when the workload is over, like in the afternoon when the day is about to close. Informal interviews, mixed with some stories, can sort of lighten the day and make the employees open to some suggestions.

Some of the anecdotes, quotes, and valuable information to tell:

The hilarity of a growing forehead: My hairline is making a beeline for my behind. (Humor by Kevin Lee Smith, cited in Weed 74).

A study of laughter from Aberdeen University in Scotland found people who cackle love others misfortune; howlers are often mentally ill; snorters are prone to feelings of superiority; sniggerers are immature and insensitive; belly-laughters are trustworthy and friendly; chucklers are kind but introspective; and gigglers are sexual and flirtatious. (Readers Digest 77).

Look at Bob Hope. Look at Milton Berle, George Burns. Look how long they lived. Seeing the funny side of things keeps you alive. (Phyllis Diller in Entertainment Weekly, quoted in Readers Digest 97).

Activities involved asking questions such as:

1. What is humor to you as an employee and as a human being?
2. Is it important as eating and going to your office?
3. What really makes you laugh?
4. Do you make jokes while working? At home?
5. Is this important for a wholesome life?
6. Are humor and jokes necessary in the workplace?
7. What humor stories can you tell us?
8. Who are the most humorous people and officemates you know?
9. Can you help us and cooperate with us in introducing change in the workplace through humor?
10. Does your organization need change?
11. Do you think humor can help in realizing this change?
12. What about communication, does the organization have an effective program of communication for employees?
13. Can the introduction of humor, such as stories, ways of telling anecdotes and communication among employees, help in having an effective communication in your organization?
14. Please suggest how humor can be introduced effectively in your organization.
15. Tell us some humorous stories circulating inside your organization.

Assessment/Results of activities

The program of activities that we instituted was effective. There was an open discussion. However, when we made our rounds among employees, informally interviewing them, giving jokes and information about humor, there were mixed reactions. Some were skeptical, but most were excited and ecstatic. Wow! they said, Now we can crack jokes inside the office, tell funny stories to our managers! And bring the good news to our families.

Before managers and employees did not have such an atmosphere of funny situations. People were serious of doing business, making profits, talking without laughing, that everything was almost a mess.

Its time we introduce laughter in our offices and places of work. This time of activity can be done every time of year, so that we can all go out of the workplace laughing and go home to our homes happy.

Works Cited

Curtis, Patricia. Laugh Yourself Skinny&? Readers Digest Sept. 2006: p. 75.

Feschuk, Scott. Why Women Just Dont Get It. Readers Digest Sept. 2006: pp. 87-89.

Granirer, David. Laughter: The Best Medicine. 2008. Web.

Readers Digest. (2006). Laugh Lines. p. 77.

Weed, William Speed. I Am Moes Funny Bone. Readers Digest Sept. 2006: pp. 72-75.

The things that make us laugh mostly occur in the real life. According to Shaw, reality is an excellent material for comedy. Hence, works of comedy can reveal cultures and traditions in a way that it is easy for us to grasp and to perceive them. In Mel Brooks spoof Robin Hood: Men in Tights, the villainous Prince John asks to hear bad news in a Good way. The Sheriff of Rottingham responds by delivering the bad news in between boots of laughter. The above could be considered as the function and the purpose of comedy: to make us laugh in order to drown our tears. In difficult time, this is the most effective tool to distract masses from the problems that make them cry. Owing to the fact that we are on the edge of the election year, we will analyze how humor, with an emphasis on sarcasm and irony, is being used to inform and distract. Currently, there have emerged many comedy shows that are politically oriented and are focused mostly on the satirizing the political events in order to cheer up the audience and to influence the positive thinking. One of the best-known TV comic shows of such type is The Colbert Report, satirical program on Comedy Channel. Hence, Stephen Colbert presented a parody of major cable news by satirizing the report from CNN and NBC. (Andersen et al. 295). Therefore, the main function of such programs points out the news parodies are aimed not to inform people but to entertain and to make them laugh. Considering the 2008 elections in particular, the Colbert Report served as accelerator of the peoples self-awareness and patriotism; it aimed at revealing the truth to people in humorous ways in order to compensates the lack of information about the force coming event.

In this respect, Colbert greatly influenced the political life and contributed to the rapid changes in the media delivery since most of his jokes were perceived as a serious argument (Maisel et al. 369). Actually, that was the trigger point of the foundation of this program and the reason why the audience was more inclined to watch satirical programs rather than boring and oppressive news. People were getting the information about the elections from this show and did not want to watch the CNN channel or BCC news channels. In his show, the anchor invited many political influential figures that were making jokes and speak in front of camera about the inadmissible things that were not censured. The show, on the one hand, pokes fun at boring politics and, on the other hand, it is quite a down-to-earth depiction that manifests reality from humorous angle. This is the first show that introduce such neologism as truthiness where Stephan Colbert overtly satirizes on the other television stars and politicians who have often been convicted of confusing humble population with the false information. Hence, this program is directed at depicting the right things, without imposing the support of reason on it (Language Log unpaged). Colbert is less concerned with examining how our ideas of truth are used to manipulate us. His subject is not some abstract, capital-T Truth but truthiness& that cannot be navigated on the two dimensional axes of true and torture. (Peterson 144).

The show proved that the power of humor is considerable especially in the political field since it is capable to persuade people to build certain stereotypes. The Colbert Reports ironical treatment of 2008 elections revealed the actual state of affairs of this process and turned out to be useful for the viewers in terms of the validity of the election itself. The self-humiliating humor sometimes increases the likeability of the program. The 2008 election caused many contradictions among the American society since the newly elected president was the first African American president in the history of the USA. That is why, most comedy talk shows have many issues to discuss and to poke fun at. Thus, The Colbert show brought the viewers political coverage of the fateful election with analysis of the candidate headquarters. In his satirizing the force-coming election, Stephen Colbert decides to run for presidency as if teasing the seriousness thus announcing that his intensions are serious. In the release of the program devoted to the election, he implicitly expressed his political views and his fidelity to South Carolina region although he revealed himself as the supporter of both a Democrat and a Republican. The pseudo-campaign also disclosed the bias, prejudices, and humorous situation based on the veritable elections. Moreover, the show discovered the daily issues of main political parties thus showing parody pictures and video games (Election 2008 unpaged).

The main purpose of the parody was to highlight the process of preparation of the candidates of the election so that the audience could be involved in the political processes. These programs are not only aimed at entertaining people; they function to get people know about politicians even if they are not interested in politics. Therefore, such political parodies are a kind of political propaganda on the one hand and the way of distracting people from the essential issues in politics on the other hand.

The device used by Stephen Colbert is quite simple and serious in delivery but this exaggerated seriousness made people laugh and treat the force-coming elections in a humorous way. (Election 2008 unpaged). During the election campaign, Colbert strived to attract the attention of the younger voters saying, By the way, voter out there: Do not blow this for us! Every four years we hear about your vote-rocking powers, and every four years you stay home and play Super Mario. Not this time (Election 2008 unpaged). This humorous call was, probably, even more efficient, as that might provoke the self-awareness of the young generation during the election. In this calling, Stephen also pokes fun at the actual situation at the election when the target voters are still adult people. By joking and mocking at the present youth, the anchor intended to demonstrate the absence of knowledge and experience that should be cultivated among the youngsters.

The program devoted to the controversial elections humorously highlighted the hesitation of people in terms of the position they take during the election. Therefore, the show implicitly expressed the moral and ethical issues of the electoral campaign. Considering this, the work satirized on the issues of peoples awareness of the elections and their participation in it. Due to the fact that an American society is too much concentrated on the problems of justice and equality of human rights, the promotion Colberts candidacy attracted people and make them look at the problem from another angel. This step made the younger generation participate in the election (Young University, unpaged).

In his show, Colbert touches upon the question of racism thus expressing his position against racial discrimination. He also reveals liberal and a bit neutral view on the confrontation of the parties. His humorous approach to the elections revived the interest among the students so that their love of the show makes them pursue the debates (Young University, unpaged). Colbert, here tried to appeal to people who lacked information about the elections campaign and who, therefore, were reluctant to vote.

Generally speaking about the humor and purpose, it is necessary to mention that humor and irony has a specific social function. Hence, humor may express social approval or disappointment; it can shape stereotypes and develop your attitude to different aspects of life and politics in particular. According to Stephenson, social functions [of humor] have been interpreted largely in terms of intergroup conflict and social control (569). In this respect, a detailed examination of jokes and humor discloses their origin takes its roots in social conflict and contradiction of views. History witnesses that many jokes are aimed at mocking at the American upper classes and their high income so that people joke when they envy thus compensating their lower status. That implicit attitude to welfare class shows that jokes can be also stratified and are mostly focused on the economic and social differences (Stephenson 572). In contrast, by joking at poor people, the rich try to hide their vices. Anyway, joke is the method to compensate you disadvantages and to justify them. In the modern society, jokes saved their functions since the social problems have remained. The Colbert Report is the bright example of the presence of controversies within the American society. However, it does not intend to aggravate life of people but to inform about them in a relevant way.

Essay

Conflict and Control Functions if Humor

The role of humor is of great value for the current society as it helps not only to entertain people and but also to control the social environment at the current moment. Relying on this the article called Conflict and Control Functions of Humor by Stephenson is reveals sociologic aspect of humor whose primary function is to restrain conflicts and to monitor the people behavior. Moreover, it enlarges on the connection of humor with economic status of a person in a society. I chose this paper for my assay because, it facilitates the comprehension of the importance of irony and parody as the method to monitor the balance between the poor and rich class in the current society.

As in my work I analyze the significance of the work of humor from the cultural and historical point of view, the article promotes the understanding of historical background and nature of the conflict humor. The idea may be supported by the following abstract: adaptability of humor as a conflict weapon lies in the fact that humor may conceal malice and allow the expression of aggression without consequences (Stephenson 569). The socially predetermined conflicts distorted the morale thus aggravating the class controversies. That is why humor was an effective tool for establishing the peaceful relations between diverse community groups.

My paper also enlarges on the creation of ironically fixed stereotypes that helps to avoid tense situation in the society. The article under consideration gave me the opportunity to realize that humor could also shape our attitude and feelings (Stephenson 570). Hence, as the recent political events have caused bias on the racial and economic ground, the humorous approach has help to relieve the conflict situation and to create the favorable conditions for the elections.

Considering the racial issues in more detail, Stephenson writes, Most jokes in which manual laborers or servants are the butts of the story use subjects of foreign origin or minority race (Stephenson, 572). This statement explains what the major reasons are for using humor as the method to defend the racial groups. The passage turned out to be valuable for the analysis of my work of comedy, as it also runs about the problems of racial prejudice. In that respect, the article emphasizes that ethnic communities use humor in order to compensate their lower status. Considering the current situation, ironical treatment of African Americans and Latinos are partially based on that ground. Here, jokes also functions as the method of achieving balance between social and ethnic classes and to perpetuate the moral values that are typical for each culture. To minimize the aggression and to enhance economic stability our current society feels an extreme necessity for the humorous TV programs that serves to divert peoples attention from the hardship of political life.

As a conclusion, it should be stressed that humor has a multifunctional nature since it helps to keep the society in order. Relying on the article, the historical background of jokes forces the understanding of the human as one of the methods of conflict resolution. Therefore, the analyzed paper helped me to find the connection of humor with political and economic situation in the country, which is especially important during the elections.

Works Cited

Andersen, Robin, and Gray Jonathan. Battleground: the Media US: Greewood Publishing Group, 2008.

Colberts Candidacy: Great President? or Greatest President ever? Young University 2007. Web.

Colberts Fights for Truthiness. Language Log. 2006. Web.

Election 2008 Campaigns, Voting, and Elections in the United States 2009. Web.

Maisel, Louis Sandy & Brewer, Mark D. Parties and Elections in America: The Electoral Process. US: Roman & Littlefield, 2007.

Peterson, Russell Leslie. Strange bedfellows: how late-night comedy turns democracy into a joke. US: Rutgers University Press, 2008.

Stephenson, Richard M. Conflict and Control Functions of Humor The American Journal of Sociology. Vol. 56.6 (1951) pp. 569-574.

Will youth vote& or play Super Mario? Election 2008. Web.

Introduction

Humor and laughter are essential parts of the discourse that intend to express a happy emotion. Historically, the two aspects of conversation did not acquire substantial attention until the 1990s when studies and publications regarding the topic intensified.

Since then up to now, a synthesis of the different elements of humor and laughter lacks thereby, triggering the relevance of evaluating the maturation of the field. Therefore, analyzing the developmental period of the field that include the precursors (1974-1984), the functionalist stage (1985-2000), and the corpus synthesis that spans from 2000 up to now is crucial (Attardo, 2015).

The Precursors

The works of Harvey Sacks provided the foundations for studying the strands of humor and laughter as he endeavored in the Conversation Analysis approach. Essentially, Sacks analyzed the three elements of jokes that include the preface, telling, and the reactions that facilitate the introduction, delivery, and the conclusion of the conversation.

Therefore, jokes are similar to narratives whereby the speaker introduces the joke by asking the audience if they are willing to hear one. Then, the narrator proceeds to relate the joke after a successful preface. In most cases, jokes intend to test the audiences awareness about a certain issue that would also welcome their interaction. The reaction part characterized by systematic possibilities constitutes the aspects of laughter, delayed laughter, and silence (Attardo, 2015).

The facet of laughter has received more inquiry than humor and it should be noted that the two features of discourse are not coexistent since the latter is not a physical depiction of the former. Thus, laughter can occur without the presence of humor, and the reverse is true. Further, laughter could signify the appreciation of humor or the termination of discourse.

Additionally, the teller could use laughter to validate the response of the audience regarding the topic of discussion. Besides, the functionality of laughter entails taking turns, depicting the speakers humorous intent, affirming the interpretation of the discourse, requesting for additional information, and acting as an affiliate resource (Attardo, 2015).

Delayed laughter is usually prompted by two incompatible needs in the audience. Firstly, depicting a comprehension of the text; secondly, tracking the audiences reaction throughout the conversation. Silence, as the last strand of response to jokes, portrays the disapproval of the audience concerning the tellers ideas or maintaining the character as the audience takes some time to get the joke.

Another form of reaction to jokes involves the speakers expression of seriousness to jokes associated with playful insults or irony (Attardo, 2015). Moreover, there is a distinction between canned and conversational jokes since the former comes at the end of a narrative in the form of a punchline while the latter occurs spontaneously.

The functionalist phase

Humor fulfills several functions that scholars intended to analyze during this stage of studying the aspects of discourse. The chief functions of laughter and humor are affiliative and the less common disaffiliative or aggressive aspect (Attardo, 2015). In most cases, humor and laughter seek to streamline conversations in an interactive manner.

Furthermore, some scholars perceive the function of humor as that of evoking laughable situations. However, other scholars have refuted the claim owing to situations whereby the audience experiences a failed joke (Attardo, 2015).

Laughter and humor occur partly in a controlled manner through which the speaker fosters their communication for a particular purpose. In shared laughter, for instance, the speaker introduces the joke in an invitation-acceptance manner that involves taking turns with the option of renewing the joke to enhance the continuity of the shared laughter.

In this light, the speaker fosters the functionality of humor and laughter by introducing new jokes or saying something funny after driving a particular message. Thus, providing the humor support and observing the principle of least disruption facilitates the affiliative functionality of humor and laughter whereby the in-group attains a we-feeling that strengthens their interaction and relationships (Attardo, 2015).

Besides the affiliative function, laughter and humor could also yield negative aspects that have the potential of biting instead of building the bond within the group engaged in discourse. However, the negative functionality element of humor and laughter occurs rarely since discourse seeks to instill a positive impact on the audience thus signifying meaningful interactions.

The Corpus-Based Synthesis

Recently, corpus-based studies have fostered conversational analysis regarding humor and laughter by enabling a better understanding of the different strands of discourse. Before the year 2000, studies that integrated the use of corpora lacked due to less annotation concerning the features of discourse on humor and laughter. For this reason, the study of the various types of humor faced challenges concerning the uninformative feature of delving into the study.

The assertion holds because there lacks adequate or none at all corpora that labels the existence of humor in a particular discourse situation (Attardo, 2015). For the purpose of mitigating this challenge, studies regarding the analysis of the different elements of humor have recently integrated varied corpus to enhance the analysis of discourse.

Some of the studies analyzed teenage conversations, press conferences, and newspaper stories. Therefore, it is indispensable to conduct studies that specifically analyze either laughter or humor. In this light, corpus studies that involve humor styles, humor support, and style seek the distinction of its unique features.

Humor adopts the form of many styles depending on the situation at hand. Hence, one should expect different types of humor at the dinner, workplace, classroom, or wedding settings. One of the unique aspects of an individuals personality manifests in their style of humor.

Thus, the introduction of family styles of humor have expressively enhanced the understanding of the element of conversations. The frequencies of the humor occurrences also depend on the family or situation with more of it experienced in multiparty discourses. Corpus studies as the Language in the Workplace Project initiated in 1996 carried out in at least 20 workplace environments have been instrumental in facilitating the understanding of humor styles concerning setting and gender (Attardo, 2015).

The concept of humorous support involves the integration of conversational initiatives that foster the acknowledgment and support of humorous utterances that centrally seek the occurrence of additional humor and laughter.

The scope of humor support focuses on the trait of verbal support by disregarding strands like exaggerated facial expressions, laughter, or smiles among other expressions. Humor support could be achieved through more humor contribution, echoing the jokes, and bolstering the conversation involvement. Reactions that do not support humor include withholding appreciation and lack of reaction (Attardo, 2015).

The integration of timing in humor corpora is essential for picking the humorous moments from the non-humorous ones in discourse studies. Thus, the application of instrumental phonetic analysis improves the identification of different aspects of humor to enhance the accuracy of the analysis and evaluation. Further, the prose at which canned joke-tellers drive their punch lines should be noted to foster its identification.

Paradigm Shifts in Humor Discourse Research

Methodological changes in the study of humor and laughter have taken place over a period as seen in the move from narrative and canned jokes to conversational and discursive humor. Furthermore, the move from the conversation analysis and discourse analysis methodologies that used transcriptions to the application of quantitative methods that integrate video recording as seen in corpus-based research depicts the change in approach.

Currently, mixing discourse analysis with cognitive resources has proved to be instrumental in analyzing the critical aspects of humor and discourse. Cognitive resources like the General Theory of Verbal Humor (GTVH) enrich the analysis of humor by facilitating its identification and validation (Attardo, 2015).

Additionally, humor has multiple functions that it can execute concurrently. Thus, the indeterminate strand of humor and irony may, and normally does, result in diverse interpretations amongst the discourse participants. Moreover, adopting the co-construction approach to humor has improved the understanding of humor and laughter. In this respect, both participants collectively engage in the production and elaboration of the joke unlike in the approach used by Sacks whereby a narrative and reactive approach was applied.

A paradigm shift in the study has also been manifested in the identification of humor as scholars involve extensive corpora in the analysis of humor. Besides, the use of laughter to identify humor has diminished in contemporary studies since it does not assure its existence. The several reasons for failed humor that include lack of utterance comprehension, failure in the identification of humorous keying, and lack of joke appreciation or participation (Attardo, 2015).

Conclusion

Humor as an element of conversations is great and complex. Initially, studies on humor entailed an analysis of the story-telling aspects to the functional features of laughter and humor. Later, more emphasis on the affiliative functions resulted in considerable insights especially on the discernment of humorous utterances from non-humorous ones.

Moreover, paradigm shifts as portrayed in the changes from the corpus-based inquiries to the statistical comparison of the humor and laughter aspects of discourse demark the development of the field over years.

Reference

Attardo, S. (2015). Humor and laughter. In D. Tannen, E. Hamilton & D. Schiffrin (Eds.), The Handbook of Discourse Analysis (pp.168-188). Chichester, UK: Wiley.

The modern world is very diverse. Due to the influence of the process of globalization various cultures on our planet started to interact very closely, massive waves of migrations covered every country and the clash of customs, traditions, religions and lifestyles became inevitable. This caused many cultural conflicts. Some of them were successfully solved and today people of various origins are able to co-exist and co-operate. Even though cultural diversity has become a part of our everyday life, there are still issues the modern society has to face. One of them is the problem of racism, racial prejudices and stereotypes. This problem is powerful and big, it is able to influence the lives of different social groups in a very negative way. The world of film making could not stay out of this issue. Racial diversity, political correctness and tolerance entered cinematography and brought various rules. The article by Park et al. explores the effect racial jokes and stereotypes in the comedy film Rush Hour 2 are able to make on the audience.

The authors of the article notice that Rush Hour 2 had a great deal of popularity when it was released. The comedy was watched and liked all around the world by people of all origins (Park et al 2006). The main feature of this movie is not only the fact that it presents a Black man and an Asian man as main characters, but that it also is filled with stereotypical racial humor directed at mocking people of African and Asian origin on the basis of the most common prejudices about these races.

The two main heroes, Lee and James, played by Jackie Chan and Chris Rock fit into the standard stereotypical images of their nations. James loves to party, tries to pick up every woman around and acts impulsively. Chans character is collected and serious, devoted to his work, good at kung fu and not interested in dating. These characters all the time exchange racial jokes and comments. For example, during a fight with a Chinese gang James hits Lee by accident and explains this stating that all Asians look the same (Rush Hour 2 2001). He also mentions that everyone in Hong Kong is two feet shorter than him. Lee responds with phrases like I will slap you back to Africa (Rush Hour 2 2001).

In the article by Park et al. it is noticed that all the stereotypes collected in the movie are designed to support the positive image of white people (2006). First of all, even though both main characters are detectives and heroes, saving lives, their masculinity is toned down. In the film Lee and James are portrayed only as comic characters, which cannot be taken seriously, in order not to ruin the good reputation of white men. Besides, the only roles given to white actors in Rush Hour 2 are very small, yet white men always turn out to be on the leading positions, while the Asian and African men are working for their white bosses. The question raised in the article by Park et al. is exploring whether racial humor and remarks in a comedy film have the capacity to influence the audiences prejudices and empower them.

To my mind, it does, especially due to the fact that neither of the main characters is offended by racial comments. This kind of humor and behavior is portrayed as appropriate (Park et al. 2006). Such attitude, enforced by the power of television, makes an impact on the masses and creates an illusion that harsh comments about ones nation or origin are normal for every group and for each person.

Reference List

Birnbaum, R. (Producer), & Ratner, B. (Director). (2001). Rush Hour 2 [Motion Picture]. United States, China: New Line Cinema.

Park, J. H., Gabbadon, N. G. & Chernin, A. R. (2006). Naturalizing Racial Differences through Comedy: Asian, Black and White Views on Racial Stereotypes in Rush Hour 2. Journal of Communication 56, 157-177.

Although it has always been known that laughter can lower stress levels and provide several other benefits, it is generally believed that kidding around and having some laughter in the workplace is not helpful at all with regards to employee performance and the general welfare of the organization.

However, numerous studies into this issue have come up with findings that show that laughter plays a very important role in boosting employee morale and performance. It is very important to be friendly and in a positive state of mind to achieve better results. So, it goes without saying, that humor plays an essential role in this matter.

Indeed, a study sponsored by an international temporary service agency made similar findings. It found that American executives believe that persons with a sense of humor perform their jobs better than those with little or no sense of humor. In fact, a massive 96 per cent of those interviewed said employees with a sense of humor performed better.

Fun and humor have been found to be beneficial to the human spirit as well the body. But can we extend this fun and humor to the workplace, traditionally associated with serious-looking fellows who seem to deeply engrossed in their work? Thankfully, the answer is positive.

Just as the old saying goes, laughter is truly a medicine that can help reduce stress levels among employees, boost employee confidence and morale, enhances cooperation among employees and teams, and perhaps even prevents burnout at work. Some people worry sometimes that they may have problems at the working places cracking jokes and using humor at working time.

It is a big mistake to think like this. There is a range of advantages of using humor at working place that is shown in high results of increasing productivity of working, reducing of stress and improving interpersonal relationships (McFadzean & McFadzean, 2005, pp. 319).

Unfortunately, fun and humor also have the potential to create a more hostile work environment that can result into lawsuits, all which may make the workplace a more stressful place to be in.

Benefits for Workers

Today, workplace stress is one of the greatest enemies to the success of employees. Stress can make employees depressed, irritable, and less productive. However, the cure to workplace stress is cheap and very effective: humor and fun. In their study of the role of humor in the workplace, Ford, McLaughlin and Newstrom (2003, pp. 21) report that those employees who are in a positive state of mind have less problems and troubles at their working places and, have corresponding friendly relations with their colleagues and bosses.

It is proved once again by the idea, that it is very important to control ones emotions and to think positively, do careful analyzes of the actions and do not everything close to heart.

Fostering laughter is one of the forms of humor that may take place at the working place. Nevertheless, one should not forget that it is important to know the right time for humor as it is not always suitable for the hardworking times when it is plenty to do. A high productivity of the working progress also depends on the interpersonal relationships of the colleques.

It would be a nice idea to create different types of going out with the colleques, picnics, parties, dinners, etc. It goes without saying that the mood is better, the emotional state and the working progress are better when one feels comfortable in the company, both formal and private-personal (Hudson, 2001, pp. 49; Meyer, 1999, pp. 15).

Hudson (2001) wrote about the significance of creating and encouraging a fun and friendly atmosphere in the workplace, which happened to be her company: The Brady Corporation. This corporation had a very tight structure that did not even allow staff to have coffee at their desk until 1989. When Miss Hudson took over as the CEO, she immediately sought to reverse this tradition and implement fun in the workplace.

In the 1996 season, the Green Bay Packers football club was looking forward to a promising start to the season. Ms. Hudson fount a very creative and unique approach to present his organization by making his people wear the same green costumes to perform for the television.

It was very fascinating to see how the staff was excited telling and sharing funny stories, anecdotes and various jokes, wearing funny glasses and Mickey Mouse ears. It has been already mentioned above, the one of the most important things in the rapid development of interpersonal relationships at work is mutual understanding and the feeling of comfort in the presence of each other.

The example of such situation was portrayed by the Brady Corporation that organized a meeting out of working time and place, in informal setting. After the fun program became part of the organization, sales doubled while profits tripled. This illustration proves that fun and humor are indeed important in boosting employee morale and, consequently, their performance.

A second way in which laughter helps to reduce stress levels in employees can be explained biologically. The say that the level of stress is reduced and the sense of being alert increases when a person is laughing. So, it is possible to say that laughter is a good medicine, especially for a blood pressure.

Published studies by Dr. Lee Bark and Dr. Stanley Tan show that laughter improves a general state of a person from the physical and emotional points of view, generates hormones for a person to have a good spirit and even makes ones life longer as it is reckoned to be an essential part of a healthy life that can even be compared to going for sports.

Obviously, nowadays almost everybody knows about endorphins that are generated in the process of laughing and work as good painkillers for a person. In addition, when employees are of good health, absentee rates and sick leaves are lower, leading to improved performance.

Since laughter is aerobic, that is, it requires oxygen,it provides a workout for the diaphragm and increases the volume of oxygen entering the body. This increases a persons energy levels, relaxes the muscles, and makes the immune system stronger. Humor and fun can make a person think exhibit more creativity than one who does not laugh frequently.

This can come in handy in workplace situations, for instance, when an employee is stuck on a problem, a good laugh can get rid of the problem and allow such employees to look for other avenues into the problem through a more positive outlook. A research undertaken by psychologist Dr. Ashton Trice at Mary Baldwin College in Virginia found that humor makes us think. When we are stuck on important tasks, we normally feel angry, dejected and/or depressed. This change in mood can interfere with consequent tasks.

Dr. Trices research recommends that taking time to have some humorous moment can help in eliminating the negative feelings, allowing us to return to a project or move onto another one unaffected by past setbacks. In the case of an employee, laughter and fun can help in handling tricky and challenging projects as they are able to look at the tasks or projects from different angles and perspectives.

It through some breakthroughs that employee morale is boosted (Ramsey, 1997, pp. 7). Employee morale is also boosted by reduced stress levels, good communication among employees, and teamwork. Coincidentally, fun and laughter at the workplace can lead to all of these elements of employee morale (Ramsey, 1997, pp. 7).

Benefit to the Organization

The benefits of a workforce whose morale is high cannot be overstated. Since fun and humor at the workplace lead to happiness and contentment, then a workforce that is encouraged to share jokes and regularly engages in fun activities is bound to have a very high morale. This has a very significant contribution towards the success of the organization as occurred in the Brady Corporation.

When workers area happy, they become more productive. When one has a good sense of humor and knows how to use it at the right place and time, the working place turns out to be a nice and funny place to work in. Consequently, this makes staff more passionate about their jobs and boosts their performance.

Fun and laughter can also improve communication at the workplace. A well-placed joke can help a worker get a serious point across at a meeting without necessarily appearing or talking hard. A joke can also make a positive criticism of a fellow employee or superiors appear light and not create any tension as would be the case in a humorless meeting. Humor can also be important when handling customers or when the employee is admitting his/her own mistakes.

However, one should be careful in using humor jokes towards other people as a personal address as those people may not have such viewpoints and there may be a great misunderstanding. Despite this fact, humor makes lets people feel comfortable and feel free to contact you in case of any questions, both formal and informal, that is very important.

When used in the right manner, humor shows other people that the human side of the employee and makes it easier to others to approach the employee for ideas, questions and advice. Such an employee seems friendlier and approachable and if every employee integrates humor in their relations with customers, sale volumes and profitability will no doubt multiply. Indeed, humor can be used a customer relations tool!

Whether it is telling jokes during tea or lunch breaks or putting a grey flamingo sculpture next to the cash register to get a smile every time a customer has his/her shopping totaled up, fun and humor help to build relationships at the workplace stronger.

When people laugh together, a natural bond is created between them, be it with peers, superiors or with customers. When workers feel comfortable towards each other, have trust and understanding, it is easier to build good relations based on the problem solving basis, what is more difficult to do when there is a constant pressure and just reigning formal relations.

Occasional humor among peers also promotes department cohesiveness and improves overall performance (Robert & Yan, 2007, 210). This later statement was a conclusion made by Robert & Yan after thoroughly analyzing theories on humor and incorporating literature from numerous disciplines touching on the subject.

Humor also helps lighten up work-related tensions. During times of high stress, humor can become very important. It allows every person to take a step back, relax, and return to their workstations with a renewed vigor that keeps them going until the task is completed. When tensions between two or more staff members run high, laughter can diffuse the situation, and provide the crucial cooling off duration before finding an amicable solution.

In general, it stands to reason already that people who feel free towards each other at working place achieve big result and succeed more that those who live and work in strongly set measure and rules where each step is bounded with a corresponding norm and rule.

The Dos and Donts of Workplace Fun and Humor

Although humor is a very important tool in enhancing employee morale and increasing their performance, inappropriate jokes and comments will do just the reverse. It should not be forgotten that one peoples jokes may sound offensive to another people, so, one should think twice before joking with people whom he/she hardly knows.

Therefore, employees must refrain from telling certain kinds of jokes. For instance, telling jokes about a persons appearance, religion, ethnic background, or sexuality may not be welcome, similarly, jokes on controversial topics such as death, physical disabilities, and sexual harassment or racial inequalities should be avoided at all costs.

Although political jokes are common, a person must first know his/her audience, and avoid sharing political jokes that may offend someone of different political ideology. Lastly, in case of uncertainty on how the joke will be received, then it is best not to say it at all.

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The omnipresent feeling of humor is used as a balance among coping, social and personal well-being. Comedic statements related national tragedies are the most of focus to measure and analyze how responses change over time. The hypothesis that the monotonic time increases the humor experience but consistent with breaching humor theories. To create the perfect comedic comment, one must keep track of the amount of time after a tragedy that is deemed acceptable to say such jokes. The phrase, “Too soon?” refers saying satire jokes about a tragedy that, to others, is inappropriate and offensive, thus unfunny. However, telling a joke about a tragedy that occurred hundreds of years ago, the audience will not comprehend the meaning behind it because it barely holds relevance. Comedians must find that balance if they try to turn tragedies to entertainment. The results can influence psychologists to delve into citizen’s coping mechanisms and give signals (body language) to the differences between what is funny and what is not.

The benign violation theory provides an explanation to why psychological distance can be beneficial to comedy until its breaking point when comedy becomes stale as too time has progressed. To McGraw, “Theory proposes that humor arises when something that threatens a person’s well-being, identity, or normative belief structure (i.e., a violation) simultaneously seems okay, safe, or acceptable (i.e., benign; McGraw et al., 2012; McGraw & Warren, 2010; Veatch, 1998).” Humor is a psychological response whether it can be triggered in social interactions (verbal or nonverbal social cues) and entertainment purposes (funny movies, shows, music) is physically expressed in scales of laughter (from a chuckle to laugh), and joyous behavior. However, there is no universal characteristic to how comedy will make someone feels physically and mentally as people especially various cultures have their own set of morals and standards. Stand-up comedians and anybody who has a taste for satire humor experience melancholy ranging from family, and friends to national tragedies. Humans are capable to convert the feeling of grief and devastation from a traumatic event into a gateway for boosting their immune system and mental state. The Construal-Level Theory of Psychological Distance theorizes that people’s capabilities of thinking about the past, present, and future can represent various forms of psychological distance which falls into place with responses to tragedy-based humor. Psychological distance can affect a person’s response to in four ways. Temporal distance means the amount of time the person perceives between present time, and the focused moment. Social distance is the determining how much space is between more than one group of people. Spatial distance the distance among or between events occurring simultaneously. Hypothetical distance means the possibility of something happening. Each form of psychological forms are crucial for the responses the person announcing the jokes will receive. However, we struggle to find evidence that confirms whether distance benefits or negatively affects humor. The benign violation theory mentions two alternatives a scenario can negatively impact comedy. Since tragedies tend to be improbable hurricanes are the most acceptable choice because it can be detected and announced through social media and television before wreaking havoc among citizens. In this experimental design, “A total of 1,064 online panelists (Mage ¼ 31.1; 407 female) recruited from the Amazon Mechanical Turk network participated in the study” (McGraw) and one hundred participants were each placed in ten time zones: the weeks and days during the hurricane from October through February. The procedure requires an online survey, participants must answer three short messages that were posted on Twitter by the username is @HurricaneSandy. Then record the extent they perceived these tweets as a threat with the scale ranging from one (no threat) to seven (extreme) and included their demographic status and location to a certain distance in miles. The results were divided into categories: Humor, offensiveness, mediation by offensiveness and irrelevance and confusion. The findings for, “Humor” are divided into two panels. Panel one represents Hurricane Sandy’s landfall (October-November 2012), and the participants receive news about the death and destruction to homes and lives. Nine days after landfall and the news, humor related to the incident declined. Panel two is the aftermath (November-February 2012), after the participants witnessed the horrors of the storm responded to the tweets negatively. Over time, the once stigmatized jokes about Sandy shifted to more of an acceptable comedic trope. The results prove the hypothesis is correct on the benign violation theory that distance has a positive effect on humor. The scale of “Offensiveness” increased after Sandy’s landfall, and a decrease in offensiveness after a joke about Sandy rose to its peak and ending the storm.

The study based on the effectiveness distance has on humor is not valid (“measuring what it is supposed to measure”) and reliable (“producing consistent measurements”) because the procedures are consistent with what the hypothesis wants to prove. The dependent variable being the humor ranked from one to seven during and after Hurricane Sandy. However, the researchers fail to connect the participants’ age and gender into their results with geographic locations and humor. For an experiment, a control group is absent the researcher’s biases affected the outcome of the results by not including tweets that were “boring and irrelevant” without the participants’ consent. If I were to invent a follow-up study to increase the experiment’s reliability and validity is to conduct an experiment with a similar concept except rather than a nature related tragedy, it will be an unexpected event. Participants will be in a longitudinal single-blind study for a span of ten years. In those two years, whenever their tragedy struck, they will report the incident to the researcher then immediately say a joke and hang up. Weeks later, call the participants to follow-up on the tragedy then go to tell a joke. Finally, contact the participants to meet at the lab to complete a form that includes a humor rank from zero to ten for the day after the tragedy and the phone call and free write their reactions for both sessions. Finally, a debriefing. After reviewing the results and completing the discussion, we can compare whether the datum in this data corresponds to the hypothesis that increased time can lead to effective humorous responses. The authors of the study did employ ethical safeguards but did not mention it in the method section, so I cannot confirm whether the participants did anything novel. The study authors correctly interpreted their findings by separating the results into sections, “Humor” and “Offensiveness.’ By using the website (http://www.distancefromto.net/), they were able to calculate geographical distance among the participant’s locations. The scatter plot paints a clearer picture of the relationship between period during the storm, and their humor levels.

The benign violation theory explains to why psychological distance can be beneficial to comedy until its breaking point when comedy becomes staler as too time has progressed. Humor is a psychological response whether it is triggered in social interactions (verbal or nonverbal social cues) and entertainment purposes (funny movies, shows, music) is physically expressed in scales of laughter (from a chuckle to laugh), and joyous behavior. The Construal-Level Theory of Psychological Distance theorizes that people’s capabilities of thinking about the past, present, and future can represent various forms of psychological distance which falls into place with responses to tragedy-based humor. Psychological distance can affect a person’s response to in four ways: Temporal, Social, Spatial and Hypothetical. The results prove the hypothesis is correct on the benign violation theory that distance has a positive effect upon humor. The scale of “Offensiveness” increased after Sandy’s landfall, and a decrease in offensiveness after a joke about Sandy rose to its peak and ending the storm.

Nissim Ezekiel was an Indian-born poet of Jewish descent and has been described as the “father of post-independence Indian verse in English” and is also a pioneer in Indo- Anglian poetry. Most of Nissim Ezekiel’s sentences are simple. His poetic Style is modern, restrained and conversational. Some of the notable poetic gems by him are Night of the Scorpion, Latter Day Psalms, The Third, The Exact Name etc.., through which Ezekiel has enriched Indo- Anglian poetry. His contribution to philosophical poetry is remarkable. Ezekiel’s diction is ironical and by using irony , he ridicules the absurdities of society. He proves his poetic genius while his readers witness a rich and fertile sense of humors. In fact, versatility is the most remarkable features of Nissim Ezekiel’s poetry. There is simplicity present in his poems and his language has a conversational flow . Epigrammatic and proverbial force is inseparable part of his poetry. Wit and irony are those weapons which gave a lovely sharpness to the poems of Ezekiel but the irony is always gentle. Especially wit and irony give various shades of humor to his poems.

He produces humor by seeing from exterior topics which in genuine life are at times seen detached. In his poem ‘An Atheist Speaks’, Gods existence is not denied but the poet is bitter at the thought of injustice and inequality in God’s creation. In ‘Entertainment’ one takes note on the implied juxtaposition of parody and humor. Monkey shows are very common on the streets were all the people are entertained by the performances ,when the show is over and it is the time for payment crowd disappears without paying and some paying but a pittance for the entertainment they have been given .Ezekiel’s observation is accurate and striking. In ‘Songs of Nandu Bhende’ Nissim Ezekiel attempts a deliberate dig at urban based families and more particularly at husband-wife relationship. These poems are short, precise with strong narrative evoking humor. Juxtaposition of the dialogues between the imposing wife and meek husband creates a humorous effect. He tries to show the subtlety of his ironic mode . Another work by him ‘ Good Bye Party for Miss Pushpa T.S’ is an excellent example of alienation attitude of Ezekiel .The occasion is Miss Pushpa is departing for foreign. The poem reveals a good mood of humor parody and how semi educated people in India speaks English language. The poem gives the reader a chance to look at the Indian culture and people living within it.

‘The Railway Clerk’ is another work written by him which has a combination of both humor and pathos. The chief source of humor in the poem is Ezekiel’s use of English which is used exactly in the same manner in which an Indian Railway Clerk would use it .Wit and humor save him from being a faded artist. His sense of humor and caricature is again used in the poem ‘The Professor’. The Professor is in a conversational style and it is about a conversation between two people a professor and his former student .In this poem human follies are attacked by using humor, irony and exaggeration. Another example in his poem ‘Jewish Wedding in Bombay’ he arouses humor in which the wife quarrels the husband. Irony has been utilized to chuckle at people and social practices as well. Satire is another device used by Ezekiel to arouse humor .He has a keen observation for the ludicrous and usually he exposes hypocrisy.

Ezekiel’s poems provide an example as they are symmetric in construction .He used irony, parallelism, wit and humor and treats themes in Ezekelian manner. Ezekiel has given brilliance to the Indian poetry. He has also refreshed poetry’s soul. He is a prolific poet. His language is polished. His poetic life includes the whole circle of life. His journey as a poet not only establishes him as an Indian English Poet but it has also given new heights to Indian English poetry.

Humor in serious or dark topics can be seen more often than just in a novel or in a story. It is used as a type of relief or break between ideas throughout the story or ideas being shared. Humor can also be used as a form of reader identification; To make the writing relatable to the reader. Humor is also a way to delight the readers and to get them to read closely, or to simply make the writing go better.

Humor used as a form of reader identification can be a valuable way to connect the reader to the material. Not only does having relatable material help keep readers interested, but it also makes the material more enjoyable, while keeping the reader’s interest. Studies done on Mitch Earleywine’s book Humor 101 found that 94% of people think that their sense of humor is average or above. That makes readers identify with characters who demonstrate a sense of humor. This makes readers relate with characters or ideas who show a sense of humor.

Humor is also a way to make readers read the content closely. If the content has something that is interesting to them, with twists of comedy included, the readers are more likely to read the work in more detail, keeping a watchful eye out for the comedy aspects that are included within the text. According to Jeffrey M. Zachs, co-author of the study Our brains process stories in the same fashion as real-life situations, reading closely is not “a passive exercise. Rather, readers mentally simulate each new situation encountered in a narrative.” This means that the audience is looking to be mentally stimulated and with mental stimulation (in this case, through comedy), they continue to read the story because they can connect to the context.

Having the writing process go smoothly is not only vital for the writer, but also for the readers. Having a steady flow of information with breaks helps keep readers interested. Having comedy breaks can also keep content relatable to the readers and allows for mental breaks between ideas, especially in darker topics. Comedy can help create a helpful mindset for getting ideas out and words on the page. When works are well written, they can attract the reader into continuing to read rather than stopping. Well written work can also be much more relatable then work that is written poorly and comedy can be the key to well balanced, well written and relatable content.

Overall, Comedy plays an important role in making relatable, well-balanced content for the readers. Comedy creates a well-balanced piece that people can relate to. Comedy can also make harsh topics easier to read by adding that mental stimulation with comedy which keeps the reader interested in the content, along with better retaining the content they are reading. Overall, comedy allows writers to better connect with their readers.

For this paper, I chose the text “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.” It is a movie which contains a great deal of information and can be broken down into many different aspects such as race, class and nationality. When deciding to choose a text that fit the requirements of the research paper, this movie instantly came to mind because of its satirical humor and how such humor was depicted. This movie is considered to be a mockumentary which focuses on a fictional character but deals with real-life people in a non-fictional setting through means of journalism. It focuses on a man who travels to the US to observe the culture and learn American customs compared to his home country.

There is a lot of tension at play in this movie. Some scenes are uncomfortable to watch due to some forms of incest, extreme racism, sexism and sometimes genuine stupidity. These are some issues that can be seen throughout the whole movie. In addition to these issues, there is also a surplus amount of anti-Semitism jokes at play. The main character in the movie is portrayed as a man who has a staggering amount of hate towards the Jews and doesn’t hide his hatred in public making him look highly uneducated and dense. All of these issues are relevant to our class discussions to a degree.

These issues relate to our discussions due to how humor is used to bring attention to some problems happening in the real world such as racism. Through these class discussions, I’m able to get a clearer view of how such problems affect the rest of the text and how they are addressed. So far, I believe there is a lot to unpack in this text, but I haven’t completely delved into the different aspects yet. Because there is so much to unpack and because the film is so long, I’d have to re-watch it a couple of times and take down detailed notes in order to clearly understand the context, but as of now, I already see how the text is using racial prejudice to target a specific group of people in a somewhat threatening way.

The text also shows how cultural differences can affect those groups of people. I want to research more on this text regarding the claims that Borat makes relating to his home country; whether those claims are genuinely correct or are overexaggerated. This would help me get a better sense how far defamation takes place as well as the use of violence against a specific issue. I also want to look into the anti-Semitism aspect in this text. Because Baron Cohen, who plays Borat is indeed Jewish in real life, it does pique my interest whether the nation of Kazakhstan has so much hatred toward the Jews, if any at all.

Although there is definitely way more that I want to look into, these are just some of the starter points because I do want to look into how prejudice plays a part in this text and that is what I want to focus on in my paper. In order to help me explore this topic more thoroughly I believe that the research I have to find would be both scholarly journals that are directly based on this text of my choosing as well as scholarly journals relating to my topic of interest in addition to popular resources. Due to the fact that this text is a critically acclaimed movie, I believe there will be many popular resources which I can find online to help me build up my argument and improve its strength. Using a popular resource in addition to scholarly journals would boost the credibly of my paper because I would not be limiting myself to just one source but expanding my argument through different forms of texs.

When looking at whether the movie could possibly be the initiator of anti-Semitism for some people watching, I believe it won’t be because every little thing that Borat does in the movie, seems delusional and is a way for a viewer to mock him rather than agree with him. Borat’s beliefs, whether its his misogyny, homophobia or anti-Semitism, would seem laughable to anyone not because of what he says, but rather because of the character he plays and the actions he takes. In fact, I believe this movie portrays how all prejudice is absurd and these beliefs shouldn’t be taken seriously.

I have yet to narrow down on a specific topic from the movie which I’d like to focus on, however, it will most likely be somewhere along the lines of prejudice and how the movie portrays this issue. Alongside that, I also want to learn more about how Borat uses defamation to target groups of people and whether that worsens his reputation or simply makes him look remarkably foolish in others’ eyes.

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You should know if you are finance person who perpetually has to follow some lovely, thrilling presentation with apprises on my cherished facts and figures. And so many years, many people found that the finest way to apprehend people’s thoughtfulness instantaneously is to begin with something hilarious. You absolutely not anticipated to be the funnyman on the program, so it has the additional effect of grasping the spectators unprepared.

Comedy is a bit that the common of us habit and adore impulsively, but there is sufficiently of scientific investigation to endorse whatever those regular instincts tell us. In other words humor is good for us. It is seen that stressed-out individuals with a solid nous of humor turn out to be less disheartened and worried than individuals in whom it was less well-developed.

Even the expectation of partaking a good giggle escalades stages of beta-endorphins, which affect us to feel upright, and of the human growing hormone, which assist keep our immune system operative. But remember it not all about telling jokes.

Recent studies bring into being that we essentially laugh maximum when chatting to our friends. More than jokes, we are distributing statements and remarks that, on the exterior, do not seem to be funny at all. But fairly every so often go further than the limits of what may be deliberated “appropriate”. Like inspiration, humor habitually works unsurpassed when it disturbs what is measured to be the rule.

As one of the millions of all the individuals who employ in a global firms and business, this actually collide with a harmony with you. Consider you are French, and you been familiarizing to the things your global coworkers catch hilarious for more than 20 years. You moved to firm’s another headquarters; even though you are yet not certain that you surely comprehend US humor. You might feel easier chuckling with you colleagues four years down the line. However in all the teams you have operated with, we have continuously achieved to generate this mutual linguistic of mindless laughable things, from time to time ridiculous, humor that perhaps creates no logic outdoor the workplace.

This is what marks humor unique of our best vital methods of passionate expression. It’s a social conduct that exposes who we truly are or at most when it happens naturally. It allows folks to distinguish that we adore them and recognize them, permitting us to shape and cultivate relations beyond the pecking order and even eliminating cultural boundaries.

That is what you will see humor as an office crucial. We devote so ample of our time there, why shouldn’t we be gifted to convey ourselves in a realisticness. Favorably, science backs us once more here, as abundant reports have exposed that, distant from degenerative time and abolishing efficiency of work, humor also creates a decent business wisdom as well.

For a starter, it inspires us to cooperate, delivers inspiration and can aid avoid breakdown. Study also displays that it’s a symbol of a positive leader when used successfully, it indicates self-assurance, aptitude and extraordinary position. What’s extra, in offices where humor is mutual willingly, the principles have a tendency to be one that inspires persons to be themselves, and the outcome is a more faithful and creative employees.

Yet, in our gradually disaster-focused world, humor can from time to time feel like a reserved former associate. Astonishing developments in technology, like those developing from the Quarter Industrial Revolt, propose the potential of more methods to bond with our fellow beings than ever earlier but if we’re not cautious, they could oblige to corrode the links that connect us.

The statistic that we are amplifying human abilities via artificial intelligence indicates that many of our new upcoming connections will merely ever be computer-generated.

At the identical time, social media platforms has presented anybody with an internet link a stage for undesirable remarks and fishing as well as a perceptible online history. We can consider one example of the probable significances of this just the other week when the humorist Kevin Hart paced down as host of the Oscars, after criticisms about selected of his earlier tweets.

With so numerous virtual and direct occurrences encompassing their roots in jest or misinterpretation, composed with a civilization that is flattering more risk-averse and controversial, all these things joint possibly will be serving to encourage a fear aspect, wherever individuals develop progressively unwilling to state themselves freely at work.

Of course now and then that fear is completely right. But it’s a bit similar a security net to halt us from breaking somebody’s feelings or separating ourselves. Wouldn’t it be dreadful if humor were to vanish from our offices as a consequence? Loads of large establishments seem to have seized that there’s a difficulty, and are appointing humor advisors to aid repair it. In our opinion, we discover this a little disheartening, as it demonstrate how distant removed certain employed surroundings have developed from our important human factors but at slightest it’s a start.

One object is for unquestionable as administrations discover themselves engrossed in the international war for talent, the greatest defense at their use is maximum probable to be their existing labor force. This denotes that subjects about worker assignation and teamwork are dying to take on even more implication in the approaching future, if corporations need to appeal and retain the best people. Those who are capable to encourage staffs to adore their time at job will have a superior possibility of success and they consider that humor will be key to it.

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