Lead Blog Response 10/19

I was hooked to Youtube comedians solidly throughout my middle school career. From Kingsley to Tyler Oakley, the time I spent watching these social media comedians is comparable to the time I now spend watching Netflix. Social media has since evolved since the glory days of middle school and now there's multiple platforms for online comedians to perform on. I'v never heard of Lizza and honestly, the first half of the video I was annoyed. All she seemed to do was make loud noises and grotesque faces while driving by herself in the car (all in an apparently unsafe manner). I didn't really begin to enjoy the video until her friends started to get introduced. Lizza takes on the characteristics of a genuinely naive person. She doesn't think she's a bad driver, yet all of her friends have hit the pavement running trying to get away from her car. Lizza also is really good at laughing at herself. I think if Lizza had chosen to try dead pan comedy as opposed to her giggling/funny face response to her own jokes, the video would've been awkward if not painful for the audience. The reason I thought it was so funny was because while her friends were panicking in the passenger seat, Lizza was seemingly oblivious to the danger that she had put them in. Her comments were relevant yet irrelevant to the situation (i.e. "Are you going to clean that up" when she slammed the breaks on and spilled hot tea all over Gabby and "My ears are ringing." when her friend let out a loud slew of vulgarities after Lizza almost hit a squirrel). I definitely didn't think this was the funniest video I've ever seen because for 50% of it I was annoyed. However, I do see how Lizza is able to make people laugh. She uses a wide variety of technique that, to some, might border on the obnoxious and excessive but also might make others pee their pants from laughter.