Much of the humor on “America’s Got Talent,” and on “Britain’s Got Talent” is Physical Humor. So also is the humor of Italy’s Commedia dell’Arte,” France’s “Comédie Française,” “Punch and Judy” shows, and street performers. There are also different types of clowns, such as the Auguste, or happy, clown, the Harlequin (slapstick) clown, the Pierrot, or sad, clowns, and the Character Clowns, like Charlie Chaplin, Jerry Lewis, Mr. Bean, or the Three Stooges. There are also Mimes (Marcel Marceaux), and Team Mascots (Billy the Marlin, Paws, the Detroit Tiger, the Philly Phanatic, the San Diego Padres Chicken, and the Phoenix Suns Gorilla). Much of physical humor occurs in the face (frown, giggle, grimace, grin, guffaw, laugh, scowl, smile, smirk, snarl), but we can also communicate much humor with our head, shoulders, hands, fingers, and thumbs. An example would be Monte Python’s “Minestry of Silly Walks,” or “Doing the Hokey Pokey.” There is also physical mimicry, as when Julianne Moore, or Tina Fey mimic the physical quirks of Sarah Palin, or Amy Poehler mimics Hillary Clinton. So, how important is humor in Physical Education, Exercise Science, and in Sports?
Hello Don
Humour is everywhere, and may be everywhen!
You've named alot of instances where humour was there; your question about the importance of humour in physical educations hides alot behind. You have just referred to, unclearly thought, how it creates the effect! Also, it may lessen the effect of hardship in doing something bad or unbesrsble, or in handling a situation having a negative aspect within it.
Souls are not always high, and so people will need to have an outlet, physical or else.
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Mahdi: I agree. It's true that when we're in bad situations, or when our minds are in a bad place--that's when we are most in need of humor. But that's also when it's very difficult to find the humor of the situation.
Hello again
Personally, I will never try humour in momemts of deep sadness with all people, including myself; that would be utter foolishness!!!
Still, personally again, I met only few people who would try humour even in the most grievous moments! That is, when it is difficult to think of humour!!!
So awkward and unusual!!!
Mahdi: I agree. Also, don't use humor while carrying heavy furniture, or bar bells. Your laughter will make you drop the furniture or the bar bells.
Hi Don L. F. Nilsen !
In my view, your question relates very much to the basic principles of embodied cognition and the use/meaning of gestures in communication. For example, how we understand abstract concepts such as emotions through basic sensorimotor experiences.
Humour as a trope of non-literal language can also help us understand complex concepts such as in Science. There is a lot of research about the importance of non literal language in academic disciplines and Science.
I hope this helps!
Vasilis: Very insightful response. A very large percent of our communication is physical (non-verbal). And you mention "Embodiment." Our perceptions of the world depend on the bodies we live in: Male vs. Female (LGBTQ...), Old vs. Young, Hispanic vs. Black, even Western vs. Eastern, and Educated vs not-Educated. Here is a PowerPoint about "Embodiment." Enjoy.
I am really surprised to discover via your research that humour has realationship with other domains. However, I think that humour and sports are closely related in the fact that both of them remove stress within individuals. So, I think that humour can be a branch of sports.
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