I found the article by Chuck Klosterman to be very entertaining but more so true. He brought about some great points, that I never took the time to think about. Now that I am starting to look at sitcoms and other TV shows like this, I see exactly where he is coming from. The statement that stuck out the most to be in the article was, “…because canned laughter represents the worst qualities of insecure people.” One would never think to consider this until someone has said it out loud. When watching these shows, I always thought they we’re actually people in the audience who found what the actors were saying to be funny. Sometimes I thought to myself, “what part of that is funny?” “I don’t get it?” Luckily I didn’t just laugh to let other people in the room know I got it and thought it was funny. Although sometimes if I didn’t laugh they would just look at me and be like “you’re blonde, of course you don’t get it.” Little did they know, I just wasn’t falling for fake humor. Another part I found very interesting in Klosterman’s article, was the part about unconsciously laughing for no reason. I can’t tell you the number of times I find myself doing this in a day’s time. The one example that popped into my head was Rosanne Barr’s laugh, from the comical TV show, “Rosanne.” I loved the show, but having to hear that laugh every time the show aired, actually made me not want to watch it. I would like to think that canned laughter is sort of a tragic idea for TV shows, but in my opinion it’s just another part of today’s media.
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