Nikoleta FYW 1213

Jennifer’s body: I never thought about the movie Jennifer’s Body as a comedy, but after reading the lead blog post I can see how it is actually a parody of comedic films centered around high school relationships. The iconic movie Mean Girls, because it focuses on the cruelty of teenage girls and high school dynamics, displays certain tv/movie tropes which can similarly be found in Jennifer’s body. The classic popular, pretty, and mean teenage girl is displayed through Megan Fox’s character, Jennifer, who turns into a man-eating monster after the night of the concert. Megan displays the characteristics of an Alpha- bitch or queen bee of the high school as almost all the male students within the movie are extremely attracted to her and her as a less adored and unassertive sidekick. As the classic queen bee usually has a friend who obeys whatever they say and is non-confrontational, the movie uses Needy’s character to display the mean girl's passive friend. Her name adds to ...

The show Tom and Jerry has always been a favorite of children everywhere despite the fact that it was released and created in the 1940s. This cartoon classic has been making the audience laugh and giggles for centuries because of its use of incongruity theory and the slapstick form of comedy it presents. Tom is a cat usually enraged and out to get Jerry, a tiny mouse that lives in a hole in the wall of Tom’s house. While Tom is a cat much larger than Jerry, Jerry always wins their brawls and fights with ease and cleverness. Jerry will go to great lengths to make sure that Tom gets off his back and leave him be. The mouse is often depicted using weapons such as dynamite, cannons, guns and much more in order to get Tom off his back. This where incongruity theory comes into play as the audience is not expecting either of the two to have such an arsenal of weapons nor the intelligence to use them. In addition, Jerry always wins these fights which adds to the incongruity of the si...

Even though I am almost 19 years old, I was only introduced to superhero movies this past May. More specifically, I was introduced to the world of Marvel this past May. The first Marvel Movie I ever watched was Avengers Infinity War, and while I was a little confused with the backstory at first, I fell in love and proceeded to watch every movie related to the Avengers (in the proper movie timeline, of course.) After I finished that, my best friend told me about how Deadpool was created by Marvel but just in a different universe. Since I loved all the Marvel movies so far, I decided to give Deadpool a try. I absolutely loved it. While Deadpool has all of the characteristics of a great Marvel movie, it has other qualities that make it stand out on its own as a masterpiece. One thing that makes it different from the other Marvel movies is how it is more comedic and breaks the fourth wall. Right from the beginning of the movie, Deadpool is talking to us, the viewers, directly. He frequentl...

I am really glad Abby's Lead Blog is about The Good Place. Having always seen commercials for it, I believed that it was a feel-good drama about different people. Having now read that it is actually a comedy about people in hell, I was taken aback. I was intrigued to read the rest of Abby's blog and see what The Good Place is about and why it is so funny. While the concept of an Immortal being trying to torture people by having them drive each other insane seems very dark, the way Abby explains the reality of the situation is actually quite lighthearted and shows instances of relief humor. The one scene Abby writes about with Jason was very funny. The fact that Jason goes from freaking out about being in hell to freaking out about not being able to order off the kids' menu is absurd to me. I had to do a double take while looking at the picture on Abby's blog. That scene is not only a great example of incongruity theory but also relief theory. It is a good example of inc...

Time really does fly by. It feels like last week I was just starting college and frantically trying to figure out how to use Blogger, next week is Halloween I think, and then Christmas season will begin (poor Thanksgiving, all that food and absolutely no hype). With the Christmas season, of course, comes ugly Christmas sweaters, gingerbread houses, presents, and of course, Christmas movies! One of my favorite Christmas movies is Elf, with Will Ferrell starring as Buddy the Elf. The movie revolves around a human believing he's was an elf his whole time leave the North Pole to find his father while inadvertently bringing the spirit of Christmas along with him. While this is a warm, heartening movie that never fails to bring the family together and produce Christmas spirit, this movie is also brimming with incongruity theory and superiority theory. For incongruity theory, the fact that a practically 6 ft man grew up believing he is an elf is absurd. In the first few scenes of the movi...

Vine was a wonderful thing. It has given us iconic masterpieces such as "I Love You Bitch," "Bad Bois," "What the Fuck Kyle," and countless others that have defined our generation and provided countless memes. Rest in peace vine. While vine was not super popular when it was still alive, its untimely demise made its popularity soar. Almost overnight, people all over twitter starting posting vine after vine to commemorate what it once was. Vines became integrated into everyday life and still do to this day. When I'm with my friends, we always manage to slip at least one vine into our conversation. So, with the fans and viewers, Vine was still alive. For the vine makers, however, that is a different story. Some viners try to relive their glory days and post throwbacks to what was, while some have moved onto bigger and better things. Two such viners that have done this are Demetrius Harmon, formerly known as MeechOnMars, and Angelo Zeigler, formerly known ...