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In Reply to: Chris Farley posted by danj on April 14, 2002 at 00:59:21:
It seems that Excess and Over The Top Humor is considered funny these days. Why do comedians...even the stand-up variety...feel they have to exert themselves verbally and physically to make a point ?What's up with that ?
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"It seems that Excess and Over The Top Humor is considered funny these days. Why do comedians...even the stand-up variety...feel they have to exert themselves verbally and physically to make a point ?"Ummm, when WASN'T Excess and Over The Top Humor considered funny? Physical exertion - it's called slapstick and it's as old as comedy itself.
Laurel and Hardy, The Three Stooges, Abbott and Costello, the Marx Brothers, etc., etc. . .
Hardly an accurate comparison of comedic styles to Farley's. There is a subtext to the examples that you give here...good try though.To me, Farley et al, seem to feel that excessive assaulting ones senses with manic gesturing, coupled with loud vulgar references for their forced humor. I think it's the vulgar references that get me. There is nothing underneath the noises. In other words, is this important to the performance or is the heightened efx, just trying wring out the most something that isnt there ?
a tough act to follow. In addition to these more "animated delivery systems" there is the ever-decreasing IQ of the audiences. It's like clubbing a mule to get its attention.
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