British+humour

=British humour=

Humor is humour either it’s American or British. They both provoke laughter and provide amusement. But when you look closer, there is a difference between the two. But the difference might be smaller than you would think, especially according to what is published online, in form of articles, videos and such. Here you can read about the American humour and the British humour, and the American humour opposed to the British humour. There will also be some examples of British and American humour, so that you can decide whether you think there is a difference.
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British comedy is all about provoking others. But making jokes and teasing someone is often a token of approval. The British humour tends to be verbal with the use of dry, but sophisticated sarcasm, mockery, irony and some surrealism. For example Monty Python, which ran from 1969 to 1983 with a total of 4 season on TV, and several feature movies. The American comedians use more of slapstick and physical humour, maybe more appropriate for children, when they do stand-up or entertain an audience. For example Family Guy which is in it's 8th season on American television.

The Americans are often known to take use of more ‘In your face’-type of humour. Like when Senator John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his Vice-President for the 44th Presidency. When Palin held interviews, she often seemed to say the wrong things. That was taken advantage of by the comedians of ‘Saturday Night Live’, where they did many parodies of all of the candidates. They pushed it as far as they could take it, just to rub it in Palin’s face for saying the wrong things. == Another difference between American and British humour is for example, if you look at the TV-show “The Office”, written by the British comedian Ricky Gervais. It originates in Britain, but instead of showing the TV-show on American screens, the Americans decided to create their own version of the show. Meaning that they must compare themselves to Britain, but don’t care exactly for the same humour. Though it turned out to be more of a success on American television. ==

 One thing America and Britain have in common is that they both have talk-shows. Of course not every single show is based on humour, but it plays a huge part in order to get people to watch. It's a fact that humour will bring more viewers, but also can be dismissed by several people. An American talk-show based on humour is 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show', where the host Ellen DeGeneres often talks about her life, in a fun way. She uses slapstick humour, physical humour that is often seen as kind of childish, but always appreciated. A British talk-show called 'The Graham Norton Show' also brings a childish humour, but Mr. Norton follows the "ways" of British humour. He uses sarcasm, mockery, irony and surrealism. In spite of the humorous differences, both shows are broadcasted in both the UK and in America.

Even though the Brits are trying their best to stand out and create their own humour, but that doesn't stop them from putting on American plays, show American TV-series and moviesIt is the same with America, but in a slight smaller way. That just show how big of an influence America is to the rest of the world, but then again especially Britain.

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British humour has always been seen as different to non-British humour (obviously), but there is more to it than just a slight difference in subjects in stand-ups and comedy sketches. In this article you can read about British humour, how British humour stands out amongst the crowd and about what I like to refer to as “The British comedic effect.” I will also show examples of British comedians to (hopefully) give you a stronger feeling of what defines British humour. ======

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British humour is all about provocation, which means that they use humour as a way to not only cause laughter, but also to communicate with each other. See, the British humour isn’t the same to us as it is to the Britons, as the humour itself has been more or less implemented into the British languages, which makes it harder for non-Britons to understand it. The British humour tends to be oral with the use of dry, but clever puns, for example: //“It’s so wet out here” –“Well good thing we have our dry humour!”// ======

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Many Britons see themselves as very sophisticated people, and this can also be seen reflected in their humour, as they rarely ever enter the terrain of so-called “potty-jokes” or other sorts of humour that are referred to as childish and immature. They rather take use of sarcasm and irony to create their original and unique sense of what’s funny and what’s not. Non-British humour doesn’t have this standard, and therefore one could state that the sophistication of the British people and, as mentioned before, the humour implemented in their language, is the main difference between the humour in Britain and the humour everywhere else. ======

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I’ve already stated that British humour is something that not everyone is able to understand right off the bat, so I bet you’re thinking: “Well how come it’s so popular?” Well, it’s quite difficult to explain, and I like to call it “The British comedic effect” which is an effect that is hidden inside the British languages and accents. This effect gives British people the ability to sound somewhat funnier or more interesting and people like listening to the British with their intellectual and sophistic language. An example of this can be found further down on the page. ======

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To round things up; British humour is characterized by its excessive use of sarcasm, mockery and irony in the typical British jokes (like puns). It is the way it is because of the implementation of humour in the British languages (mostly cockney) and this “British comedic effect” ======


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