though her rule breaking in the stand-up medium has prompted some to question whether Nanette counts as comedy at all.
Part of me feels like this was Gadsby's cry for help. Ironically, se always hear about the funny people we know having the worst mental health. Often times people use comedy as a distraction from how they are really feeling or the idea that making a joke out of something lowers the significance to how bad it really is.
whenever Gadsby told that joke we never knew he violently beat her on the street for her gender transgressions while not a single person intervened.
This comedy show i feel opened up about some of the real struggles of being a comedian in general and showing that while the stories may be funny, they are picking and choosing what is heard and leaving out the gritty details that make the joke not so funny anymore.
Gadsby is not a fan of self-deprecatory humor; however, she harbors greater ambivalence toward satire, which she views as both a useful tool and an insufficient weapon.
This is one of the first things i noticed in this stand up performance. Most comedians sort of degrade themselves in an animated way that makes the audience laugh because they relate but also think about how they have maybe done that thing but not nearly as bad as the comedian telling the story which makes it funny to them. It was kind of hard for me to find some of Gadsby's material humorous at times despite thinking she is a funny person! I never felt the sense of relatability like I just mentioned.
. Alana, with her tattered appearance, represents the“grotesque body,”which is irregular, secreting, and protruding. This juxtapositionreminds viewers that no matter how hard Alana tries, she will never be a beautyqueen; she is constructed as too aberrant.
This demonstrates an example of "type" saying women should display a feminine role and wear makeup and look presentable at all moment when that is not any women's reality.
Ms. Hickey asks the girls to join her in the dining room for lessons on properdining etiquette.
I was never formally taught proper dining etiquette and thought of this more as common sense so maybe that demonstrates privilege. Although I would be curious to know if they truly did not know how to behave at a dinner table or if this is staged/faked for views.
Alana and her family become“real”spectacles for viewers togaze upon, laugh at, and learn what not to do and who not to be in the United Statestoday.
I feel like this entire paragraph is stereotyping how a white person should and should not act when in reality it really shouldn't matter. The author is trying to apply a role to being white as if it is the person's job to act a certain way rather than be different.
Additionally, RTV shows centered on white working-class people (e.g.,Moonshiners, Swamp People, and Trailer Park: Welcome to Myrtle Manor) aresteadily on the rise, creating what has been called a“redneck reality”subgenre
I think this is interesting that TLC and other networks want to highlight a more poverty driven lifestyle. In Honey Boo Boo, her family is mostly overweight, crammed into a small house, and living off government assistance which is something that should be gaining attention for the right reasons (fixing the issue) rather than creating comedy out of a family's misfortune which could be a factor as to why we have these stereotypes to begin with.
Railroad tracks—acommon symbol of poverty
This is a stereotype and one that I was somewhat unaware of. I do know there are some poor areas in the south that a lot of movies demonstrate this type of stereotype but in Connecticut, railroad tracks are typically found in nice, suburban areas because this is the form of transportation for individuals working at jobs in the city. It seem as though the person who wrote this catered this to where they are from.
“What did you justdo?”With a laugh, Alana says,“I farted,”as crumbs of cake fall from her mouth
Similar to what Kate said, this is rare to see in a beauty pageant contestant. The stereotype for them is very girly, proper, and what appears to be "perfect." While Alana is demonstrating the actions more of an average 6 year old girl and the personality that they should channel rather than one of someone 15+ years older.
The chief lesbian characters are usually considerably smarter than the other female character( s) - they are often associated with the older world of haute couture ( older in the sense both of a previous age and of being for older women), their clothes more expertly cut, their appearance always showing greater signs of thought and care, smart coiffure, use of unflashy, quality jewellery, and a taste for clothes made from animal skins. Mannish clothes are also found
I have never witnessed this in a film. I have witnessed shifts in the way their personality and mannerisms are but have never witnessed these traits and quite frankly have seen more of an opposite in American films so perhaps that is a stereotype in itself.
That is, films use a certain set of visual and aural signs which immediately bespeak homosexuality and connote the qualities associated, stereotypically, with it.
I have never noticed this directly but it makes sense now. Films seem to take a role and amplify it, almost rubbing it in your face the characteristics of the character so you wouldn't miss it. Directors do not like to leave unnoticeable traits.
but most of our knowledge about them is based on the evidence in front of us: what they do and how they do it,
I am slightly confused by the way the author is wording this. I was more under the impression that a stereotype is based off the information we have without knowing them. The clothes they wear can be stereotyped, yes, but their actions are more of a personality trait that I feel would either prove the stereotype right or wrong.
Internet studies and celebrity scholars have demonstratedthat social media has intensified celebrities’performances of and fans’expectations forintimacy.
I find this widely accurate. It is now a common thing for a couple or character to have fan pages made of them and it is more likely they will even engage with these accounts showing their thanks for the love and support. Prior to social media- kids might have posters of someone on their wall but the celebrity is not getting a notification directly to their phone every time one would do so.
This effect was particularly pronounced when Somerhalder was dating costarDobrev at the same time as his character dated hers on the series. Photos of them togetherwere sometimes indistinguishable from frames of the series.
I think this creates an unhealthy relationship for fans since they become reliant and form an attachment to characters relationships.
Celebrities simultaneously maintain‘social distance’as famous people we will never meet, while revealing intimate aspects of their personallives through interviews, photo shoots, press events, and unauthorized paparazzi encoun-ters, which of course are always manufactured (
This is interesting to read about. We essentially know nothing about a celebrity besides what they choose to show/tell us. Similar to a regular person you meet on the street. Our opinions form about someone who we learn the characteristics of based of a character they played (which is not an accurate representation of them) or the front they put on and think the world wants to see of themselves.
Somerhalder encourages slippage between his celebrity persona and hison-screen character
Going off what I mentioned earlier, when a character's values do not line up the same with those of their real values, it is hard for fans to wrap their heads around it. The distinct line between separating the character from their true persona is often overlooked.
Somer-halder’s appeals are grounded in values that are extended fromThe Vampire Diariestele-vision series and strengthened through Somerhalder’s enactment of those values in hiscelebrity persona on social media.
I think this is explaining how often times a fan following of a specific character, expects the celebrity in real life to be the same way. I remember watching Lost and his character began dating another character on the show. In real life they happen to begin dating as well and this fed the fans want and desire for Somerhalder to be like his character so when the couple breaks up in real life, fans are left feeling as if it was them who experienced the breakup as well.
It is rare for a performer to understand and slate so clearly bothhow they worked and the effect of it
I think this is a feeling that anyone can feel. Especially a musician. Releasing music that they think suits them but unknowingly saving the lives in certain cases of their listeners. Being an influence and coming to people in a dark time despite never meeting them in person and having only a personal connection through music.
Stars are made forprofit.
Love this sentence because while stars need jobs too and would consider their job acting or entertainment, they essentially are selling themselves and not for the act they are doing like one would in an ordinary job but simply them as a person and their face, body, and popularity.
A film star's image is not just his or her films, butthe promotion of those films and of the star throughpin-ups, public appearances, studio hand-outs and so on, as well as interviews, biographies and coverage in the press of the star's doings and 'private' life.
Ironic that they use this to "define" a star when in reality even all of the things mentions including "private life" tell you nothing about how the person could truly be. Since they are a star, not only will there be rumors made up about them similar to every headline you see in a tabloid, but also that the star is going to put on a front for interviews, pictures, public appearances, etc. similar to how we put on a different persona naturally for an interview with an employer or talking to someone we want to make a good impression on.
Is perhaps the smaller mirror image the true reflection of what the actual person of Crawford was really like, or can we know only that there was a real person inside the images but never really know her? Which is Joan Crawford, really?
I find this concept really interesting and am applying it to what I see everyday on instagram. I think this demonstrates that despite a picture even showing the "real" person, it also shows we have no idea what this person is really like. I always get a sense that when I see a model posing for a campaign with no photoshopping that they are very down to earth, real, and nice when this could easily not be the case at all. I think Dyer is saying that despite the reality of this photo it really shows us no reality at all.
Recognizing that Harry Potter supports equal-ity, we might utilize an ethical framework focused on same-sex marriage becauseDumbledore,Harry’sheadmasterandmentor,wasg
This is repetitive from earlier in the passage however this makes far more sense from my first annotation asking how the HPA applies real life issues with Harry Potter. I love to see that a fictional source of entertainment is being used as a subconscious influence to its readers which helps open their minds to a more diverse world that covers topics that are normal in todays age, however controversial to talk about with many people. Normalizes things that were not the norm 10 years ago.
For example, a citizen might make global warming a personal,lifestyle issue by choosing to buy a Prius.
This is very interesting and reminds me of individuals choosing to go vegan. Despite it only being one person out of billions, their chose is believed in their mind to affect the world as a whole. While this may be true, it takes a village to raise a child.
A fluid society requires individuals to choose their own worldviews, activities, andethical systems
Although this is what we hope to see, this is not the reality. There are too many influences in todays age that often times I think everyones opinion is fueled by some form of biased news outlet which makes it hard to form our own opinions.
While I argue that this fluidity makes fan-based citizenship performances easierthan ever for citizens to enact,
I am having a hard time following some of the terminology here. It feels sort of like the author is speaking on circles.
A large volume of research onThe Colbert ReportandThe Daily Showdemonstrates that young people are increasingly getting their political informationfrom these satirical and humorous news programs
This quotation is interesting as to how different things are just 10 years later from it being written. I do not know any young people that retrieve their optical information from these sources, instead it is now primarily twitter and social networks that deliver to the younger generations. Most politicians put out announcements on these platforms with the knowledge of this.
They have taken on issues such as same-sexmarriage, fair trade, the Darfur genocide, and food stamps, among others. Callingthemselves the Harry Potter Alliance (HPA), these fans take what they have learnedfrom the books and apply it to the real world through online petitions, voting,phone-banking, donations, and protesting.
It is hard for me to see how Harry Potter is related to these subjects to the extent that this group is making it sound like. Perhaps the author could have elaborated a little more on how and used specific examples as to why. I.E. why does Harry Potter have much to do with food stamps? It is interesting to me how the HPA takes a largely fictional story and applies it to real life struggles.