Tao Jie – Comedy is Offense | Yau Tsim Toast | Headline Daily


“Mr. Bean” Lu Yun Akinson recently defended the creation of comedy against the “cancel culture” emerging in the United States. Comedy itself is offensive, and any joke will definitely hurt someone.
Comedy is a very intelligent creation, and it is also recognized as a very difficult performance. First of all, comedians must learn to joke with themselves, including making all kinds of silly, stupid, and crazy expressions and behaviors in front of the camera. Many actors who sell their appearance, or “traffic stars” as Chinese buzzwords call them, can’t get past this. One pass, such as Mr. Bean created by Lu Yun Ai Jianson, is famous for all kinds of funny expressions of winking and winking. When enlarged to the screen, this face is already very “offensive”.

The character of Mr. Bean itself has become the premier comedy icon in the world today. He has a wretched expression, a thin body, scantily clad and childish behavior. He is a giant baby trapped in the body of an adult. Bean offends all kinds of people in the show, such as old people, parents, clergy, royal family members, bosses, clerks, young women of literature and art, etc. The various jokes that Bean makes are not all mean, and some are also very vulgar, but mainly It was ridiculed against white British people, especially white men, because the trend of political correctness in the West at that time was already showing signs, but it was far from being as extreme as it is today. But today, there is no such role as Bean at all.

But the audience of Bean is far beyond regional culture or racial gender, because the core of comedy is the criticism of human nature, but it is not difficult for a mature person to find himself in jokes. Human nature is full of flaws, and most of the time in life , is not trivial and boring, or ridiculous, comedy is actually making fun of the general state of life, in order to arouse general resonance. Only humans can not only laugh, but also joke and laugh at themselves. Monkeys can’t do that.

Lu Yun Ai Jianson is recognized as one of the great comedians. Comedy can offend everyone, but also use laughter to comfort people, make people happy, and gradually become wiser.
Tao Jie

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