ENG 1131-1801 Writing through Media Fall 2010
Exercise 3
» Due: 18-Oct (posted by 720pm); 500 words + 1 media form (minimum); 10 points
Exercise: High Concept
Select one person or character who appears in the documents for each discourse and [present] their relationship in the style of high concept. (p. 198)
— Prompt & Guide below…
“There’s no more sure-fire way to kill something’s intrinsic comedic value than to try to examine what makes it funny. The minute you start thinking, you stop laughing.
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After all, the comedy sketch — short, sweet, completely silly or shot through with social commentary — worms its way into the public mind like nothing else, and has easily made the leap to the web when other forms have faltered.” — Nerve.com 07-Apr 2008
» The joke…is liberated from the demands of truth. The joke in turn models a certain logic: dream work, meaning fallacious reasoning that evokes truth. — Ulmer p.174
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