Humor- Brandon Castillo

I can definitely say that I probably enjoy "low" comedy more than "high" comedy. I think this is because, while everyone can see low comedy when it happens, sometimes I will miss the high comedy unless someone points it out to me. The Importance of Being Earnest was amusing to me. A couple of my favorite scenes were the ones when Cecily and Gwendolen wouldn't want to marry Algernon or Jack because of their names, and when Jack and Algernon raced around the room for the muffins. I would consider these two scenes "low" comedy because of the physical play of the characters involved. I also enjoyed the actual title of the play. The play on words of Earnest/Ernest was clever in the way it was able to attack the characters (and maybe the high society in England) about how untruthful they were. In today's world, I love comedies such as The Office and Parks and Rec. My favorite parts about these shows are, again, probably the "low" comedy such as when Dwight and Jim are pranking each other or just the goofy tone that is around throughout the whole show. These shows don't really satirize anything major, the only real example that I could think of is in Parks and Rec., when Ron Swanson, a government employee, is excited when the prospect of slashing government budget is presented. This could be a satirization of the fact the government is so inefficient, its own employees want to cut jobs and programs. Or I could be absolutely wrong and it could be another hilarious Ron Swanson moment.