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Redbeard 101
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That's one of the 3 purposes and foundations of the internet. #1 is porn. Obvious. #2 is cramming your opinions down other people's throats, whatever the topic, every chance you get, and #3 is funny/cute animal photos and videos. That's your father, son, and holy spirit of the internet right there. |
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Zoneflare
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I've found myself liking netsuzou trap. Don't know why but my tastes in anime have been different since coming back from a break in 2015.
I ended up getting the manga which makes me question the allotted time for the series. So much more dialogue is passed over that the anime should have been at least 15 minutes long. |
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Covnam
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I only skimmed through it, but the eyes in Clione just seem off. Like they're pasted on stickers or something.
I haven't started anything from the new season yet except Teekyu's return, but it does seem like there's quite a number of interesting titles to watch. Based on the preview guide and from what I've skimmed, probably going to watch Restaurant, Tsuredure (though that might be better binge watched) & Aho girl if I find it funny. Kakegurui, Princess Principal and Gamers also seem to be worth checking out. That'd be a lot for me for a season, but with most of the live action shows on break (GoT in 2 days!), that does give me more room to watch shows as they're airing.
As a fan, I'll have to watch it as well (or at least try it), but it is so odd to have this instead of more Tylor based on the novels or something original & unrelated. I hope that BD has a nice quality upgrade. I wouldn't mind buying it again either =)
James, if you have any interest in sci-fi, please check it out, it's a great show =) |
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mangamuscle
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I would understand the uproar if Aho Girl was making fun of people as in, making fun of one individual to enclose a whole group (females or schoolgrils or twin tailed or banana loving or whatever). But it is clear that Yoshiko is not a placeholder for anyone else, she channels the three stooges (by herself), but in steroids, she makes Joey (from Friends) seem normal. |
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Mad_Scientist
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What "uproar"? The reactions of the preview guide on the show were mixed, about evenly matched between positive and negative, and the negative reactions weren't that extreme. Were there a bunch of ranting posts in this thread bashing Aho Girl that I missed or something? |
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Cam0
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Yeah, I haven't seen any "uproar" about Aho Girl here either.
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Alan45
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mangamuscle wrote:
There is a whole genre of comedy that is based on a straight man and a funny guy. It has nothing to do with making fun of specific groups. The funny man says or does something stupid and the straight man verbally or physically abuses him for it. This type of humor remains very popular and fairly common in Japan from all reports. I suspect it still has its adherents in the US though I can't confirm that with recent examples. This type of humor can be very off putting or uncomfortable to many people. Others still think it is extremely funny. It is an individual thing. I agree with those who say there hasn't exactly been an uproar, just several people saying they don't like that sort of humor. |
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Blanchimont
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Humor can be very specific culturally. I could compare it to examples of British humor in shows like Benny Hill Show and Monty Python, where I perhaps because being a Scandinavian simply don't get the appeal, humorwise or not... |
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Alan45
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@Blanchimont
Welcome to the club. I also find a lot of British humor to be incomprehensible. My reaction to much of Monty Python was that I could see what they were doing but it didn't seem funny. It is an acquired taste I suppose. |
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Blood-
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One hates to trade in national stereotypes, Blanchimont, but aren't Finns famous for not having a huge sense of ha-ha at the best of times? 
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Cam0
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Hey, I'm a Finn and I think British humour can be hilarious. You can check up the kind of face I make when I find something to be funny from the Kimi Räikkönen emotion chart.
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Blood-
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Way to ruin a perfectly good national stereotype, Cam0...
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leafy sea dragon
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That sort of setup in Japan originates from manzai comedy; the funny man will do or say something dumb or off-topic, and the straight man (I forget which role is called which) will typically give the funny man a light hit with a paper fan. Since manzai is obviously not a universal tradition, this sort of comedy can be offputting or groan-inducing for people who didn't grow up with something similar to manzai. Western fiction DOES have the comic duo, of course, where we got the terms "straight man" and "funny man" from, but the way they interact with each other is much different from manzai. Most often, the straight man in western fiction will attempt to reason with, work with, or work around the funny man rather than, as manzai does, directly explain what's wrong with the funny man's logic. The humor in a manzai duo comes from the funny man being weird and nonsensical, whereas the humor in a western comic duo comes from the straight man attempting to remain patient with the funny man around. Examples of comic duos in western entertainment include Laurel (funny man) and Hardy (straight man), Pinky (funny man) and the Brain (straight man), and Jay (straight man) and Silent Bob (funny man).
Humor is VERY subjective, and what you find funny is based on what you, as an individual, grew up experiencing, and what your close acquaintances find funny. It's the primary reason why people say comedy is hard, and it's why comedy is by far the most subjective, your-mileage-may-vary genre of storytelling. |
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Alan45
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@leafy sea dragon
You forgot a few: In no particular order Abbott and Costello George Burns and Gracie Allen Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (closest to what you describe as manzai) Bing Crosby and Bob Hope Rowen and Martin (Laugh in, they also had a whole stable of "funny men") The Smothers Brothers Buggs Bunny and Elmer Fudd or Daffy Duck Peter Sellers and the world. The Three Stooges were already mentioned. and I'm sure I've forgotten some. It is not the format that causes people problems it is the level of meanness in the response. |
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ChibiKangaroo
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Also, in Western content, the straight man usually ends up losing out in the transaction. The funny man does act outrageously, but through dumb luck or circumstances, the funny man usually ends up in a better position than the straight man.
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