Everybody has a
different taste in humor. Some people enjoy comedy of ideas while others
appreciate satire. A satire is a piece of work that ridicules its subject in
order to highlight an issue; it could be in the form of exaggeration, incongruity,
reversal and parody. Sh*t LG’s Say is a satire in the form of
exaggeration. Our motive was to not only make people laugh, but to touch upon
the subject of feminism. Before the feminist revolution, women were looked upon
as an object to be won. Many women believed they could not be independent
without a man. Fortunately, the years have changed and women have forgotten
these typical stereotype; however, there are still some groups of girls who
fall back into these ways. They believe that they should be unintelligent and
show off their sex appeals. Sh*t LG’s Say
is the exaggeration of these actions through the eyes of the older and
wiser grade 9s.
Sh*t LG’s Say, meets the criteria of exaggeration because it these
actions do happen it is not as pronounced as in the video. An exaggeration is
to increase and enlarge a situation or a subject to the point where it becomes
ridiculous. For example, we exaggerated their use of Photobooth and self-taken
photographs. Though many girls do tend
to take the odd “selfie” it is not as bad as we portrayed it. Furthermore, this example not only
embellishes the actions they perform but it makes fun of it to the point where
it becomes ridiculous. Which is another example of why Sh*t LG’s Say, meets the criteria of a satire in the form of
exaggeration.
In the past few
months there has been a trend of viral videos on YouTube called Sh*t ______ Says, these videos are funny
for the fact that they are true and everyone can relate to them. Many people already find the term LG funny
because they are stereotypically defined as, girls between the ages of 10 and
14 who are known for attempting to act older than they are. They are usually
found in mini skirts, low-rise tops, and a ton of make-up. Our example of a
comedy is funny to our generation because everyone already finds the mannerisms
of these girls funny and when we exaggerate these actions it becomes hilarious.
These girls unconsciously make fools out of themselves by trying too hard to be
something that they are not. The fact that they don’t realize their ridiculous
actions is funny to older bystanders. Our video is funny because we collected
all the well-known actions of them and complied them back-to-back. While
watching this, it’s hard not to laugh.
Moreover, this video is funny to a much older audience because the video
is a view of these girls through the eyes of people who are only one year
older. It’s not like we have had way more experience and therefore much more
knowledgeable or wiser.
In reflecting the
process of creating a comedy, we discovered that it is not that easy to come up
with an idea that everyone would find funny, due to different opinions based on
humour. However, once we found the idea of Sh*t
LG’s Say, there was no stopping the ideas from flowing. Throughout our
process we have had ups and downs. At first the girls were reluctant to be in
the video due to the fear of embarrassment. It was especially difficult to
convince them when they were all together; however, when they were in smaller
groups, they were more open to being in the video. We found that once we
started filming the girls were enjoying themselves, which in turn made the
process more enjoyable for us.
We also found it
difficult to hold back our laughter while filming. We sorted the problem out by
realizing that if we were not to complete the filming we would not get a
satisfactory mark on this project. Nevertheless, though we had some challenges
we persevered, and completed a project that we believe is our definition of a
comedy. Our favourite part of this creative process was working together on
something we both found funny. On the set of Sh*t LG’s Say, you always found us having fun.
In closing, here is
our video, from some true LG’s to you, we hope you enjoy. Just laugh your
little hearts out because YOLO!
