4 Bad Cups
In Grace's lead blog post, she explored strangeness and absurdity in humor. The video clip, 4 Bad Cups , a man seemingly drinks water and three other unusual substances in a taste test. There is a definite lack of context to the video, which contributes to its absurdity. The viewer cannot tell where he is or why he is drinking four unknown drinks. If he does not know what's in the cups who poured them? How did they get there? Who knows. All of these factors contribute to any humor that may be perceived past bewilderment. As Grace pointed out, superiority fits this clip well. As children we are all taught not to put just anything in our mouths. So this man drinking a mystery substance for little to no perceivable reason would be an obvious bad idea to most people. Therefore, superiority can be found in this situation. Additionally when he drinks the third cup of "hot water" (which is probably coffee) he gags before announcing it "tastes good". Superiority t...
