Originally posted by Impediment
Suuuure. 'Cause we're American, we don't know humor.Eff off and die. Wanker.
Not at all, there's a lot of great American comedy. It's just there's a certain type of humour that's very popular in Britain and has been for ages, that is not appreciated in America.
You probably wouldn't like The Day Today, Brass Eye, Nathan Barley etc either. It doesn't mean you don't know humour, it means you don't appreciate that kind of humour.
Apologies if it came off as xenophobic.
Chris Morris is the best comedic mind ever, I can't wait for this.
Originally posted by Impediment
Suuuure. 'Cause we're American, we don't know humor.Eff off and die. Wanker.
Yeah, it probably is because you're American.
No offense, but there are too many Americans who can't even begin to grasp any British humour that isn't Monty Python.
Nobody's saying Americans don't get humour, it's just that a lot of Americans don't get British humour.
It's just a stone cold fact that you have to be British and have experienced British culture and mannerisms to grasp and understand certain comedies.
-AC
Originally posted by Impediment
Suuuure. 'Cause we're American, we don't know humor.Eff off and die. Wanker.
Normally someone would get banned for that...I guess you won't though...No point in reporting you is there...I'd be reporting you to...you.
I don't expect most non Brits to get the humour in Chris Morris' work. Even a lot of Brits find his stuff offensive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7jVnrfoZD8
Have a watch of this for example. Which got a huge amount of criticism not so much for the content but because they duped loads of British celebrities to take part thinking that it was a serious show about paedophiles and it just made them look totally stupid because they were willing to believe and repeat anything just for some positive PR.
Originally posted by xJLxKing
Maybe, it's you "British" people and you humor that are the problem. Nobody else gets it. Hmmm, I wonder why
How is that a problem for "us" or me? If that was meant as a jab, it was about as effective as a candle in a hurricane.
I get it, I find it funny. That's all that matters. I couldn't actually care any less who else gets it or finds it funny. The FACT is that it is a very specific kind of humour that Americans really do not tend to grasp. British humour, that is. It's, on average, way more sophisticated and thus it provokes one of two kinds of reaction from Americans.
1) "I'm gonna pretend I love it and really act like I'm into it because I wish I was.".
...or 2) "It's you Brits that think you're so funny, your humour is shit.".
The fact is, some of my favourite shows ARE American, America DOES have amazing comedians. I'm not saying British humour is better all over, I'm saying that no matter what it is, most Americans just can't seem to grasp the style or references.
Add to the fact that Four Lions is even more specific in that it's a kind of humour that most Brits don't even get, and it's not likely Americans will.
It's just fact.
-AC
For the record, I do think Imped was joking with the "Eff off and die." thing.
Though, you're speaking to a lost cause regarding the Chris Morris paedophilia stuff. The man has a kid, you know?
This inherently stops most people from seeing the points he made and why it's funny. I could be wrong, Imped might be one of the more rational ones.
-AC
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
For the record, I do think Imped was joking with the "Eff off and die." thing.Though, you're speaking to a lost cause regarding the Chris Morris paedophilia stuff. The man has a kid, you know?
This inherently stops most people from seeing the points he made and why it's funny. I could be wrong, Imped might be one of the more rational ones.
-AC
I questioned whether to bother responding due to the use of the word "wanker" being an invariably British term and this was his way of countering the "Americans won't get it" angle.
Still not necessary though, joking or not.
I'm sure Leukemia won't be as funny to him if his child "gets" it.
Originally posted by jaden101
Normally someone would get banned for that...I guess you won't though...No point in reporting you is there...I'd be reporting you to...you.I don't expect most non Brits to get the humour in Chris Morris' work. Even a lot of Brits find his stuff offensive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7jVnrfoZD8
Have a watch of this for example. Which got a huge amount of criticism not so much for the content but because they duped loads of British celebrities to take part thinking that it was a serious show about paedophiles and it just made them look totally stupid because they were willing to believe and repeat anything just for some positive PR.
Holy shit, that was great too. Chillmeistergen told me about Brasseye long again, never looked into it though, my loss.
"Had a nine year old nephew with a pink ass and no hair on his balls." LoL.
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
. The FACT is that it is a very specific kind of humour that Americans really do not tend to grasp. British humour, that is. It's, on average, way more sophisticated and thus it provokes one of two kinds of reaction from Americans.1) "I'm gonna pretend I love it and really act like I'm into it because I wish I was.".
...or 2) "It's you Brits that think you're so funny, your humour is shit.".
I find it to be genuinely funny, simply because it is.; don't think I'm the one-in-a-million American either. You're painting with a far to wide brush in making that comment, imo.