Response to Lead Blog #6

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 movie, watching buddy struggle to sleep and shower was hilarious. Another example is Buddy being afraid of the Jack-in-the-Boxes. For a supposed elf, whose job is making toys for kids, being scared of one such toy designed for little kids cracks me up every time. Lastly, superiority theory is prevalent throughout the movie in various scenes where Buddy is in the 'real' world. When Buddy talks about the four main food groups (candy, candy canes, candy corn, and syrup) viewers look down on his childish demeanor while still laughing and his upbeat outlook on it. Another example is Buddy's adventures in the department store. When he first walks in, it is assumed that he is a worker and is forced to work, even though his outfit is different and he has obviously never been there before. Buddy's conversation with the manager talking about how this is the North Pole, where Buddy excitedly argues that the store is not the North Pole, as he's been there is another example of superiority humor, as Buddy thinks he is smarter than the store when in actuality he doesn't understand that it is pretend. I could go on about how funny and wonderful Elf is, but I've reached my word limit. I can't wait until Christmas season officially starts so I can resume watching Elf on repeat.

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