Humorous Life Lessons And The Emotional Response

By Sarah Price


Whether being told by an individual or comedian, it can often be difficult to discern good jokes from bad or inappropriate ones. As humor is defined as anything which creates a laughter response in others, even bad or inappropriate jokes can be funny to some while offensive to others. When it comes to humorous life lessons, individuals often respond in laughter while also learning to never repeat the same action.

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.

Generally, anyone laughing in response to a joke is often considered to have a sense of humor. There are instances in which creating material or telling jokes is inappropriate. For example, jokes related to disability, gender, lifestyle, race, religion, sexual orientation or other personal issues often offend rather than entertain.

Some individuals have a sense of humor while others do not. As such, a joke may be funny to some and not to others. When telling funny jokes and stories which do not provoke a laughter response, one should never assume the material to be bad or inappropriate. For, it could just be that these individuals did not grasp or understand the material or punchline.

Actions and activities which promote an emotional response can often include young children trying to act like adults, small world stories, telling jokes, or providing information on a specific event. In addition, any experience out of the ordinary can also be funny when explained in the right way. At the same time, it is important to remember that what may be funny to one person might not provoke the same response in another.

Context, intelligence, education, maturity, culture, location, radio, sports and television can all contribute to creating an emotional response such as laughter and joy, or sadness and sorrow. Individuals involved theater productions often understand the difference between comedic, dramatic, horrific and terrific material. Many of these elements, while having the ability to include humor, are often focused on obtaining a more intense emotional response.

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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