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I thought the Cowell sketch was awful too... but I do understand it was not a real wedding, everyone knows he's already married to Sinitta.
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Simon and Sinitta have been separated for 9 years.
I thought the Cowell sketch was awful too... but I do understand it was not a real wedding, everyone knows he's already married to Sinitta.
Simon and Sinitta have been separated for 9 years.
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I don't need that reminder, it DID occur to me last Friday evening that it was a comedy sketch for RND, not a real wedding. It's just that i felt shocked that's the rubbish they call comedy these days.
Perhaps I did over-analyse the wedding sketch. So how should it have been interpreted? Where was the humour in that sketch? I didn't see anything funny about it, any humour within it must have been really hidden, indeed too hidden for me to spot. For someone who actually interpreted it the way it was meant to be interpreted, and spotted the funny side so as to actually laugh, where was the hidden funny side of it. Please explain.
There was no hidden funny side. Many of the parts you picked out as strange, incongruous, or absurd are designed to be humour. They do not require further explanation as to why they are humorous, as the vast majority of the general public understand the humour without further explanation. Although some may agree with you that the sketch is poor, they won't be saying this because they couldn't detect any humour; they will be saying it is poor because they feel the humour to be overused, or a cliché, or to be in poor taste, or various other reasons that don't equate to not seeing the humour at all.
I don't feel it appropriate to go into the reasons why you may not be detecting the humour, but I feel I have explained quite clearly that you do not.
Tumble Dryer - might I remind you that Simon Cowell's Wedding ... was NOT a real wedding! It was a comedy sketch!
I don't need that reminder, it DID occur to me last Friday evening that it was a comedy sketch for RND, not a real wedding. It's just that i felt shocked that's the rubbish they call comedy these days.
That's seems to be your problem here. You are taking comedy sketches too seriously!
The analysis you provided shows you misunderstanding of the way humour is created, and is why I can be so sure.
Perhaps I did over-analyse the wedding sketch. So how should it have been interpreted? Where was the humour in that sketch? I didn't see anything funny about it, any humour within it must have been really hidden, indeed too hidden for me to spot. For someone who actually interpreted it the way it was meant to be interpreted, and spotted the funny side so as to actually laugh, where was the hidden funny side of it. Please explain.
There was no hidden funny side. Many of the parts you picked out as strange, incongruous, or absurd are designed to be humour. They do not require further explanation as to why they are humorous, as the vast majority of the general public understand the humour without further explanation. Although some may agree with you that the sketch is poor, they won't be saying this because they couldn't detect any humour; they will be saying it is poor because they feel the humour to be overused, or a cliché, or to be in poor taste, or various other reasons that don't equate to not seeing the humour at all.
I don't feel it appropriate to go into the reasons why you may not be detecting the humour, but I feel I have explained quite clearly that you do not.
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How do you know how the moderators will react? Is it fair for you to warn a user?
Aye, we're a fickle bunch. In this case I'm closing this thread, its beyond boring/tedious/strangeness/off-topic/trolling now (delete as appropriate).
If anyone actually wishes to discuss RND normally please feel free to start a new thread, but this one is done.
Edit, oh and Bilky that last post rather eloquently sums my thoughts up too, so well done with that
Bail
Moderator
Any further over-analysis in this thread of the sketches featured on this year's RND event, or indeed past RND events should be considered as trolling in an effort to take the thread off-topic, and be subject to action by the moderators.
How do you know how the moderators will react? Is it fair for you to warn a user?
Aye, we're a fickle bunch. In this case I'm closing this thread, its beyond boring/tedious/strangeness/off-topic/trolling now (delete as appropriate).
If anyone actually wishes to discuss RND normally please feel free to start a new thread, but this one is done.
Edit, oh and Bilky that last post rather eloquently sums my thoughts up too, so well done with that