Inside Amy Schumer: A Comedy Analysis

Comedy is a type of entertainment that uses jokes and skits that are intended to make the audience laugh. In the short story, “Priscilla and the Wimps,” Monk Clutter had the school under control with his gang, the Klutters Kobras. Before Priscilla came, the gang would go around the school stealing kids lunch money from students. When Priscilla came, Monk had finally met his match. Richard Peck’s short comedy, “Priscilla and the Wimps” is a high level of comedy that uses comic characters, comic situations, and comic language to convey the importance of treating others the way you want to be treated.

The famous episode from Seinfeld, “The Soup Nazi”, is loved and viewed by many. In this episode, both George Costanza (Jay Scott Greenspan) and Jerry Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld) go to a restaurant that supposedly has the “best soup in the city”, according to the locals. However, everyone calls the owner of the soup restaurant “The Soup Nazi” because of his hard, cold personality and his ability to refuse service to anyone who annoys him. The episode comically portrays the fear which “The Soup Nazi” induces on his customers and the willingness of his customers to come back just because his soup is so delicious (http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/07/04/the-top-10-seinfeld-episodes?page=2). This episode represents only a small sample of the countless comical and satirical works written by Larry David, the writer of the television series, Seinfeld. Larry David is a comedian as well as a satirist. He is in many Saturday Night Live (SNL) skits as Bernie Sanders, and was the co-creator of the television series, Curb Your Enthusiasm. A common theme throughout his works is his ability to take everyday problems and blow them out of proportion. Larry David practices many techniques in his satirical pieces that explore ideas of race and gender in order to bring across a message to society and entertainment to viewers.

In the article, “The Good, the Bad, and The Daily Show”, Jason Zinser, a teacher at the University of North Florida, discusses the coverage of “fake” entertainment news. Zinser effectively argues the different benefits and disadvantages of entertaining news. When reading this article, one can find that Zinser uses emotional appeals to create a sense of intentness to his readers, uses ethical appeals to create trust from his readers, and uses logical appeals to inform readers of the difference between humorus news and undeniable news.

Throughout time, humorists have been able to pull off a phenomenon, which allows for others to laugh about sensitive, stressful topics. With talent, humorists are able to captivate positive emotion from their audience and allow for society to see delicate issues in an unbiased view. Although humorists are commonly seen as people who only intend to entertain, humorists purposefully say things through their work that allow for hard issues to be spoken or illustrated.

South Park is a fictionalized animated account of a group of grade school friends who live in Colorado. The show is what’s known as an equal opportunity offender. It takes no prisoners when it comes to stereotypes of religion, sex, race and gender. An abundance of sociological concepts and social issues are present. Since its start in 1989 it has taken on social issues with unparalleled bravery, one of them gender. Many episodes pit the guys against the girls and the battle of the sexes and break-ups ensue. In the episode “Marjorine,” a male character named Butters infiltrates a girl’s sleepover to retrieve a device that tells the future (it’s really just a paper fortune teller) and hilarity and social high jinks ensue. He has to endure

Samantha Bee’s audience can see that she is more invested to getting to the bottom of her stories and representing what other host may not meet up to standards with. Trevor Noah is criticized as not being funny while presenting political stories. He comes off as crude and unnatural at comedy and politics. Bee has invested her time to going out and researching the hot topics that she believes her audience should be aware of. In the episode titled “Black History Month” she allows one of her writers, Ashley Black, to unveil her comments and judgements concerning stereotypes of Black History Month. Ashley Black is given the center stage to state her concerns about how “white people ruined Black History Month”, with this statement brought upon the show, it gives provides and allows the audience to hear opinions on political matters. Ashley Black can be viewed as a hero because of the way she brings up the subject that most are unsure to talk about. In the article “Heroes and Villains” implies “a mode of perspective that comes with grand presumptions that we all know all the truth about everything… because we’re Americans; we’re arrogant and entitled” (Wilke 486). By calling Americans arrogant and entitled can show how some Americans can take political matters into their own hands and misconstrue the actual meaning

I have read many books over the course of this school year. Choosing Yes Please by Amy Poehler was purely based on the fact that in Bossypants, Poehler was mentioned frequently. I was curious about how one woman would write about the other. However, after reading the novel, I noticed that there are plenty of similarities between Poehler’s book and some of the other books that I have read for this class. The construction of essays is reminiscent of Sedaris’ novels Naked and Me Talk Pretty One Day. And one can’t deny the similarity between Tina Fey’s Bossypants and Yes Please, which are both about the women working through their career in comedy and giving advice to people of the world. Although her book has many elements in common with other

One show in particular, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, frequently uses comedic satire in its’ episodes. The program follows four unethical, lazy friends that own an unsuccessful bar outside Philadelphia. Due to the gang’s frequent premature judgments and twisted views, they often find themselves in troubling situations that only get worse before they begin to get better. Through the particular style of television this show uses, the viewer is able to laugh at how senseless its’ character’s actions are in order to highlight certain social issues. ‘The Gang Gets Racist’ episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia uses satire to criticize modern day racism as well as homophobia through the dysfunctional humor of its characters.

In today’s entertainment industry, whether it be books, films, advertisements, or television shows, white people are depicted terribly. Likewise, in her essay, Judith Ortiz Cofer tells of her struggles of being a Puerto Rican woman. Men sing songs to her, like “La Bamba” or “Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina,” just because she is Hispanic. They think she is promiscuous based on the way that she dresses, but it is really just because it is hot in Puerto Rico.

From neuroscientists to comedians themselves, O’Hara litters the article with reliable experts to ensure the points made in the article are diverse and rooted in credibility. Without these resources, saying that “[c]omedy is more than just a pleasant way to pass an evening”(2) would be disregarded as a matter of opinion. By supplying each point with an array of examples, O’Hara manages to show the reader that many beside herself share her points. After planting a statement, O’Hara makes sure that she backs up her claims with plenty of evidence. When examining how comedy changes people’s views of certain minority groups, O’Hara lays out two different examples of real situations where this is put into affect. She touches on the homosexual community, disabled community, and even on a man who shared his experience from being a policeman “to expose nonsensical policies”(5). By both using multiple resources and sharing numerous examples, O’Hara successfully convinced the reader that comedy does indeed hold a very significant place in our

Ellen DeGeneres, a well known celebrity, was invited to give Tulane University’s commencement speech on May 11, 2009. Since she is known for being a comedian, DeGeneres included comedy in her speech. In addition, she chose to insert heartfelt stories within her speech. Her speech was wonderfully thought out and it seemed that she connected with her entire audience. She made jokes towards the professors, the students, and even parents, which in the end made her truly relatable to everyone, even if she is a celebrity. In her speech, you as the reader can see that she included pathos through the stories she told, and a little ethos which showed what kind of person she was and who she has become. However, logos was not very prevalent within

Ever since 1997, South Park has revolutionized the cable TV scene as a profane and obscene program that isn’t afraid to mock religious, political, and cultural topics and not get away with at least offending somebody. Throughout its twelve seasons, some of the most prominent events in pop culture have suffered the wrath of ridicule from the show’s creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, and succeeded in making millions of Americans laugh until they cry. The creative genius behind these cultural and controversial statements has exalted the series to iconic status in our entertainment industry for its satirical voice in each episode. Throughout its ten years on air, South Park has broken multiple political,

In chapter nineteen of his book “On Writing Well,” William Zinsser explains the purpose of writing humor as well as some ways to write humor. He argues that humor is the best tool for nonfiction writers to make an important point. Many writers seldom use humor in their writing; as a result, humor captures the audience’s attention. He continues to explain how humor writers often criticize society through unique perspectives. Therefore, when the audience laugh at how ridiculous humorous writing is, they realize that the author is really ridiculing society.

Comedy, it makes us laugh and make our stomach hurt as we cringe to the most vulgar skits. It brings us together with friends, families, and strangers in a night filled with laughter. In the comedy field, it takes a lot of skill and delivery in their skits. The nature in comedy requires so many things such as stage presence, delivery, and reliability. Wanda Sykes, a Primetime Emmy Award winner, known most for her big and small shows to be the most relatable to people.

The 'Royals' hitmaker stated, "I actually found an old scrapbook from when I was maybe 7 or 8 years old that said "future job" and I had written COMEDIAN" the singer added, "which is so mental I'm not even humorous ha wtf who did I think I was bloody Amy Schumer or some shit?"