Lead Blog 11/16

Oh Sarah...

I would not have expected you to pick anything other than this clip right here. I'd like to start out by saying I didn't think this clip was funny at all. I didn't giggle and I didn't crack a smile. This was disturbing to me for some reason and I really can't quite put my finger on why. So to start out we see a man with an apparent beer belly but, lo and behold, he smacks himself in the gut and magically he becomes ripped. Basically, a very in shape man blows his stomach out to what looks like painful proportions and then hits himself?? Ouch. If that wasn't enough, we see a large man B with a gut equally as large as man A but obviously made up of different things. Man B is an overweight black man who seems to fall under the societal obsession of instant gratification. Therefore he is also hitting himself in the stomach, but to no avail. No matter the number of times the poor guy hits himself his six pack does not push through. This was just sad to me because it's a mockery of this overweight man. And finally, the most disturbing part to me, the baby. This kid is creepy. His laugh is scary and it made me want to shut my computer and not open it again. I see your point that for people who do find this kind of video funny, it's probably because of the superiority theory. Especially in regard to Man B, the superiority theory is what's causing this Man B to have any role in humor at all. People find it funny because it quite successfully compares Man A to Man B then proceeds to make fun of Man B. The baby is just disturbing and I have no words for it. I really can not understand how this clip even compares to the Office but thank you, Sarah, for providing us with insight into your humor.