So, listening to the interview with Graham Linehan and Arthur Matthews (I think on the DVD extras), they described how they took these stereotypes of Irish people (drunk priest, super-nice lady) and took them to ludacris dimensions, so that it was nearly impoosibble for it to be taken seriously. And that got me thinking how wonderfully complicated humor is. Aside from the people-falling-down humor, which is pretty basal and easy to understand, there is so much more sophistication involved in humor. Even in this case, where the joke of a priest being so drunk that he will literally drink anything, including floor polish, and who hasn't been sober in 2 years, which is not that complex of a joke in and of itself, is making a bigger, more complicated joke about Irish steretopes. And I realized that without that little explanation, I might not have understaood the bigger joke. I mean, when I first saw the show, I thought - aren't Irish people offended by all these stereotypes? It worries me that so much can be lost on me.
I also think that so often, I see images and I think "this is funny." but I can't explain why. And I think I'd prefer not to, but maybe if I could, then I can exploit or expand the joke to me to make the image more . . . like the Culver's man walking down the street after the parade. That is funny to me. It's just funny.
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