Final Assignment: Reflection and Explanation

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!