When you’re asked what you do for
fun, you realize that the ways we entertain ourselves are so strange. Humor is
the most entertaining way to take your mind of real world issues and
complications, and while it may seem trivial, it can be critical to maintaining
our mental health. One way I regulate my cerebral well-being is by watching
Jimmy Fallon Lip Syncing Battles. In the lip sync battle with Joseph Gordon
Levitt and Stephen Merchant, Jimmy Fallon and his guests use stylistic choices
and serious tones to give their viewers a break from reality with
entertainment.
The way you define stylistic
choices in writing is not be entirely the same as what you would call it in
video, but nevertheless it is still effective. In this case, the three
comedians choice of songs says a lot about their goal for the viewer. The songs
chosen were tremendously popular at some point within the past thirty years,
targeting a wide audience that will immediately connect with and enjoy the
show. As they go onto lip sync, they are rousing nostalgia within the audience
while poking fun at what we used to enjoy in a lighthearted fashion. With every
inevitable laugh provoked, as heard in the studio audience, there is proof that
these three are doing their job of entertaining.
These humorists use a mockingly
serious tone which makes their work even more sidesplittingly hilarious. The
fact that they chose their songs, they knew how ridiculous they would seem
performing them, and they treated it as if they were serious musicians makes the
performances infinitely better. How they perform their songs is almost ironic:
seeing a tall, lanky man like Stephen Merchant swinging his hips to a fierce
song by Beyoncé seems like the epitome of unexpected. Almost startling, the
commitment Merchant displays is so unanticipated that it adds to the performance’s
humor overall.
A person’s sense of humor is
specific to him or her as an individual, but judging by the studio audience’s
reaction, I can’t be the only person to crack up. Humor is the perfect way to
fix a bad day or forget your problems, and in this sense entertainment is the
best form of procrastination.
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