I watched this BBC skit on YouTube where Hugh Laurie was talking about a mathematic equation. After getting into it, he inverted the numbers and the crowd went into hysterics. I could not tell what on earth was so funny until I read the YouTube comments explaining the error.
Apparently it was making the point that comedy, like much of our conversations, is received differently by different cultures and groups. Something that may not make any sense to one group or culture may rock the world of others.
It makes me curious what elements of humor and comedy are universal. Or is humor but created and appreciated differently by different societies? So similar societies respond the same to humor? All questions too big to answer easily, but I’m the BBC skit still made me curious. Societal or Universal?
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