Monday, February 10, 2014
Analysis of Comedy Sketch involving: Race, gender or class
In Key & Peeles sketch, "East/West College Bowl", they are showcasing the East and West players before the bowl game. The players (all played by Key or Peele) introduce themselves, stating their name and college. According to what we discussed in class, this sketch follows the incongruity example because the names of the players are so incredibly ridiculous that it just doesn't make any sense which is why its funny. That is until the last player for the West introduces himself as, Dan Smith from BYU. The sketch is subversive because it breaks the norms for names, for anyone. And more importantly, over exaggerates African American names which are really unique (an example is Jackmerius Tacktheritrix) compared to generic Caucasian names, i.e Dan Smith. So are the surface it may seem that they're making fun of African American peoples names but deeper down they're making fun of Caucasians names for being so boring.
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