Response to Lead Blog 2

I enjoyed how Matthew told the story of when he saw What We Do in the Shadows because it was pretty funny how he saw it with his parents, and just from watching the trailer and a few clips I can tell I probably would not have. Also, thanks to Matthew for kind of summarizing the movie for us too. Anyway, I can definitely tell that incongruity humor is used throughout this movie, how could it not be? Most of these vampires are centuries old and living in modern time; there is no way they could know everything about the modern world now.  It is funny how they try to fit in but stand out so much at the same time. I liked the example of the "we should get some slaves" comment. Obviously, slavery is horrible and not to mention illegal. So, this incongruity is humorous because no one would ever say that now. People nowadays would consider hiring a maid or butler but would never think of them as a slave of course. It is also funny that the vampires are trying to be invited into these clubs despite the fact that they are so old and look out of place. I also can see how some superiority humor can be found in What We Do in the Shadows. This is because when the vampires say or do things that are clearly dated and absurd, we laugh at that. We are experiencing the superiority theory when we are feeling better than them because they have no idea what they do is wrong. I wish I would have had time to watch the full movie because it seems really funny and I enjoyed the clips I saw from it. But, from what I did see it has plentiful amounts of incongruity theory, as Matthew pointed out in his lead blog.

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  1. Julia JonesSeptember 20, 2018 at 5:47 PM

    I agree that the vampires acting like they are young is hilarious and incongruous. I also agree that superiority theory was definitely at play in this movie.

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  2. Shane HerronSeptember 21, 2018 at 8:53 AM

    You make me realize that so much of the humor is really just making fun of old people, with the twist that they look younger. It's like the reverse of Benjamin Button.

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