Sunday, September 4, 2016

The Importance Of Humorous Life Lessons And Laughter

By Sarah Price


Whether performing comedy on stage, or telling a friend a joke, humor can often be a good thing. Humorous life lessons are often the source for many jokes created by professional comedians. Whereas, family and friends can often share a good laugh or two over an experience which others found funny. For example, a funny incident, such as believing a goat would make a great indoor pet and blaming siblings for the goat being indoors. Then, while on a deathbed, the individual tells the truth and takes full responsibility.

As shown by comedians, sit-coms and other entertainment forms, humor does not discriminate. However, those using it as a means of form certainly can. Comedians and others often to be cautious when telling jokes, or writing comedic scenes for film and television. Otherwise, these individuals can quickly lose touch with an audience.

Anyone laughing at a joke, sometimes even ones which are inappropriate, or responding in laughter to an incident, television show or personal experience is often considered to have a sense of humor. There are some instances in which a laughter response is also inappropriate. For example, material related to personal economic issues, sexual orientation, religion, race, lifestyle or gender need always be avoided in this context.

In most cases, individuals lacking a sense of humor are not always offended. Sometimes, it is just that the individual does not grasp or understand the meaning behind a joke or punchline. As such, reception and response in this regard is often based on personal knowledge or taste. As such, many comedians will test material by reciting it to friends, relatives and others before performing in front of an audience.

The best jokes are often those based on personal experience rather than attacking others. For example, baldness has often been the punchline of many jokes when it comes to comedians. While offensive, this trend tends to continue because no one has spoken up. In addition, there are many other areas in which a comedian can draw material beyond having to personally attack audience members.

Television, sports, radio, location, culture, maturity, education, intelligence and context can all contribute to humor. There can also be theater productions, television shows and movies in which humorous material is involved though not at the forefront. For example, genres such as drama, horror and mystery might include humor though the main attempt is to create a different emotional response from the audience.

Like with other forms of entertainment, it is always good when telling a joke or story that audiences be age appropriate. Otherwise, the joke or story could be retold at school or church without a child understanding the overall impact. Whereas, adults often enjoy more advanced and satirical forms of humor like those performed on stage by comedians or found in a number of television sit-coms.

Most people believe humor to be either basic human nature or a gift from the Divine. Whereas, others believe it to be a sense of joy which has no explanation. Regardless, as laughter has now proven to have an overall healing effect on body, mind and spirit, telling a good joke or explaining a humorous personal experience is often a good thing.




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