Response to john's blog 9/15

I really liked your interpretation of the video; I thought it was super accurate how you talked about the different tones used and how they affected the interpretation of the events and what was being said. However, I really hated the video. I found myself really uncomfortable and cringing the whole time, and there was no conclusion at the end, so my feelings were never resolved! I was not sure whether the video you chose was supposed to be funny or if you were just trying to show how tone could relate to how different sentences are perceived. If the video was not supposed to be funny, then how does this relate to comedy? I think it could potentially relate because depending on the tone of a joke, the joke could be perceived as sarcastic, offensive, or funny. All of these are completely different feelings to evoke in an audience which is crazy to think that tone could change so much.

Furthermore, this video made me think of the benign-violation theory. The judge said some very harsh criticisms to the contestant which could be seen as the "violation," and if at the end of the video, the contestant won or the judge confirmed that his dish was good it would have been funnier because the criticisms would be "benign," but I could not tell if the criticism were benign or criticisms in the end which just left me confused and not laughing.

In conclusion, I think this video and your interpretation of it left me with more questions than answers. Not in a bad way, it just really got me thinking, which I guess is a good thing! Thanks for sharing, and everyone comment what you think if you have comments relating to some of my questions and confusions.