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THE MOST INFLUENTIAL HUMOR
TECHNIQUES
By: Jorge Nazario
Why do we find some jokes funnier than others?
What is comedy?
Incongruity Theory
Superiority Theory
Relief Theory
Relief Theory
■Folly
■Veiled insults
■Non-sense
■Indecency
■Want of knowledge
■Small misfortunes
■Anything masquerading something that is not
■Importing into one situation what belongs to another
Types of Humor
Slang Languag
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• Shaping the humor to what the intended audience wants
Knowledge of
regional culture
• Understanding of the audience’s culture, stereotypes, history, etc.
Awareness of
target audience
Three techniques that successful comedians incorporate
My culture
-“They don’t look alike,” says the woman
-“Cabron (asshole) of course they don’t look alike; he has been jodio (fucked up) like that for the past year and you didn’t visit him once!” replies Luis Raul
Language Techniques
Knowledge of regional culture ■Chente Ydrach
– Derides people from different towns in Puerto Rico■Culture■Location■Technology■Traditions
-“The internet arrived at Corozal! Fuck yeah!”
Chente derides Corozal’s technology
Chente derides the common people of Corozal
Awareness of target audience ■Lejuan James:– Addresses a young audience (ages 11-23)– His jokes are
shaped by his audience
Lejuan James with this video addresses a Puerto Rican young audience
My own experiment
• Did not find Chente Ydrach or Lejuan James funny
• Found Luis Raul funny
2 Latinos from
Central America
• Laughed at the three comedians’ jokes
2 Puerto Ricans
from the capital
Slang Language Knowledge of regional culture
Awareness of target audience
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12 My Personal Graph
Level of effectiveness
Culturally Dependent Humor Intende
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