Response to Lead Blog Post #1

I don’t think anyone could get tired about hearing about the the TV show, “The Office”. It is known for its great use of its dry humor and satire. After learning about the theories of humor, The TV show portrays the theories very well throughout the series. I did not start off as a fan of “The Office” right away. I didn’t really understand it at first. Now that we talk about it so much in class and it is very popular in society, I have learned to enjoy it a lot. So I agree when some people love it, and some people have it at the bottom of there queue on Netflix.  I would have to say though, that the fire drill clip is one of the funniest scenes I think.
There is no better way to describe and analyze this TV series, than the Incongruity Theory and the Superiority Theory. I would have to agree that Jim, Dwight, and Michael show and use the two theories the most. Most of the Incongruity theory is show throughout the show by the three characters, but in the episode with the fire drill, Dwight shows the most for the Incongruity theory. In most of the scenes of the show, you expect Dwight to do something crazy or insane. This just keeps your eyes glued to the screen because you can’t help but to watch. The Superiority theory is more shown with Jim and Michael most of the time, along with in the fire drill episode. All of the things that happen to these two just explain the theory. There are so many bad things that happen to them that just make the show so funny. All of the other characters in the show also show the theories of Humor, but these three characters really stick out to me.

I would have to agree with you in saying that the “The Office” shows the Theories of Humor very well. I  agree when you say that people fall in love with the show because of the humor.

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  1. Shane HerronSeptember 12, 2018 at 10:19 AM

    I wonder how humor and affection for the show interact in this case. Many shows are very funny, of course, but the Office seems to inspire an unusual level of affection. Why might this be?

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