We watched "Mama Loves Mambo" in class today, and the consensus seemed to be that the "period elements" made the humor inaccessible. What makes us laugh, anyway? That's Wednesday's topic. Are there laughs in this bit from 30 Rock?
This is the blog of the Arts Reviewing and Reporting Class Spring 2018 at the University of San Francisco. As Oscar Wilde wrote, “To the critic, the work of art is simply a suggestion for a new work of his own.”
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If the Original Honeymooners isn't funny, Is This Funny?
J. Michael Robertson directs the journalism program in the Department of Media Studies at the University of San Francisco. He was an editor/staff writer at the San Francisco Chronicle, 1980-1991, and Atlanta Magazine, 1976-1980. He received a Ph.D. in English Literature from Duke University in 1972.
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