Humor as a Form of Cultural Expression Essay -- Culture

vagary as a Form of Cultural ExpressionHow can one(a) look at a culture and ensure its origins, its values, its accomplishments and failures? Through art, poetry, or other literary, or scientific advances? Maybe even in its governmental standpoints? All of these methods are acceptable. There is one I did non honorable mention in the above list however. It can be considered trivial by some, but I think it is also all-important(prenominal). Perhaps we can understand a culture by its humor.Even on the surface the whoremongers of a country generally reflect its habitat, attitude, and its people. In the US for instance, to the highest degree jokes you find on late-night television would probably be political ones, bashing this political number or the next. Why is this so? Perhaps because Americans have strong feelings virtually the politics in their country, and have the right of free speech. Because of the former the jokes interpose about, and because of the latter they are a ired on national television. As for reflecting the environment, some other public collection of American jokes usually starts with the words A kat walks into a bar ... Just by looking at this affix we can see that many Americans spend a lot of age in bars. Thus we see the usual environment of all important occurrences in the daily life of an American. In the USSR, most jokes would take surface in a store or marketplace, because that is where people spent most of their time -- waiting in lines.A joke is as more than of a national expression as folk stories, tales and legends. Except those tercet talk about past times, and the joke is current. I originally fix from the former Soviet Union, and in that location the joke was an even more popular media than television, art or books. It was not censored by the government, whi... ...es in twain cultures. For example In the meat department of a supermarket, a client is asking Dont you have any fish? The reaction is No. We do nt have any meat. They dont have fish in aisle 7. This type of joke would not travel very far in the US because not many people would understand it. It was much more effective when there actually was no fish or meat in the stores at the time I heard it. You wouldnt have this problem in the US (unless there was some terrible war or other such calamity). This joke never came about in the US. It (hopefully) never will. Whats more, it doesnt catch on, because it takes special conditions to understand this type of sarcasm. They are funny. At times also sad. But jokes have to get credit for the benefit, and acumen they can provide. We cannot overlook them. But on the other hand, dont take it too seriously.