Humor - John Paul II HS

But these are the basics
Comedy is Truth
• Captures a moment
• Contains an element of simple truth
Comedy is Unexpected
• Expect one thing but another occurs.
• Setup is truthful and then comes the twist
Comedy is Expected
• We see it coming, but we don’t when or how it will occur
Comedy is familiar
• known for eternity and yet we are hearing it now out loud
for the first time
Comedy is unfamiliar
• Incongruity -- illogical, out of place surprise.
• Doing Comedy