Humour

Methods:. Although good in animation, the stories seem to lack substance and fails to keep the attention of the viewers. Required components:. The series follows the Bratz through their adventures in high school while working on their magazine (the real Bratz magazine hit newsstands as well: $54.90 for 13 issues) and fighting off Burdine's interns, the twins Kirstee and Kaycee, who the Bratz refer to collectively as the "Tweevils". Isaac Asimov, on the other hand, proposes (in his first jokebook, Treasury of Humor) that the essence of humour is anticlimax: an abrupt change in point of view, in which trivial matters are suddenly elevated in importance above those that would normally be far more important. The show features Yasmin, Cloe, Sasha, and Jade as the main characters. Heinlein proposes that humour comes from pain, and that laughter is a mechanism to keep us from crying. In September 2005 a computer animated series based on the Bratz line of dolls began airing on 4Kids TV.

In Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Featuring the voices of Wendie Malick as the antagonist Burdine Maxwell, Tia Mowry as Sasha, Soleil Moon Frye as Jade, Olivia Hack as Cloe, Lacey Chabert as Kirstee, and Kaley Cuoco as Kaycee. A number of science fiction writers have explored the theory of humour. The subsequent Twiins releases moved away from this theme (Nona is the center of attention while Tess is the free spirit who does things her way; Valentina is a stylish fashion designer and Oriana is an edgy rock musician), though both new sets recycled the angel and devil keychains first included with Phoebe and Roxxi, to the dismay of some collectors. Americans visiting Australia have gained themselves a reputation for gullibility and a lack of a sense of humour by not recognising that tales of kangaroos hopping across the Sydney Harbour Bridge exemplify the propensity for this style of leg-pulling. When the first set of Twiins was released, Phoebe and Roxxi looked exactly the same, though Phoebe was presented as the "Good Girl" and Roxxi was the "Lil' Devil," reflecting the somewhat hackneyed theme of good twin/evil twin. One notable trait of Australians (perhaps inherited from the British) lies in their use of deadpan humour, in which the joker will make an outrageous or ridiculous statement without giving any explicit signs of joking. Other issues include Jade from the Style It collection, whose alternate shirt featured a Chinese take-out box with a Japanese flag on it; Sasha, a dark-skinned character, was said on early boxes to be interested in hip-hop music, potentially supporting a stereotype of African-Americans.

Users of some psychoactive drugs tend to find humour in many more situations and events than one normally would. As of this writing, May Lin has yet to appear in another Bratz collection, and is probably unlikely to be produced ever again. Although many writers have emphasised the positive or cathartic effects of humour some, notably Billig, have emphasises the potential of humour for cruelty and its involvement with social control and regulation. On top of that, her name is misspelled; a more appropriate spelling would have been something like "Meilin" or "Mei-lin." This made it appear that the design team had not properly researched appropriate names for the doll (as they had for Kumi, who was introduced as a kimono doll) and merely picked a name that would be perceived to be Japanese by the general public (and thereby perpetuating misconceptions about the Chinese and Japanese cultures being one and the same), which did not sit well with more cognizant collectors. Prominent theoreticians in this field include Raymond Gibbs, Herbert Clark, Michael Billig, Willibald Ruch, Victor Raskin, Eliot Oring, and Salvatore Attardo. May Lin sparked a bit of controversy because her name is Chinese, yet the doll was portrayed as Japanese. There also exist linguistic and psycholinguistic studies of humour, irony, parody and pretence. Bratz fans appreciate that the dolls feature characters of many ethnicities, most of no specific background, and that each is given her own name and set of clothing and accessories, instead of the long-time practice of doll manufacturers making their blonde and African-American dolls variants of the same character.

Puns classify words not by what lives (their meaning) but by mechanics (their mere sound). Others still are just glad to see their older children still finding dolls relevant in their lives; some parents even enjoy collecting Bratz themselves. A Bergsonian might explain puns in the same spirit. Others also praise the Bratz for breaking down female stereotypes reinforced by many other dolls, such as the fairy-tale princess or bride. He used as an instance a book by an English humorist, in which an elderly woman who desired a reputation as a philanthropist provided "homes within easy hail of her mansion for the conversion of atheists who have been specially manufactured for her, so to speak, and for a number of honest folk who have been made into drunkards so that she may cure them of their failing, etc." This idea seems funny because a genuine impulse of charity as a living, vital impulse has become encrusted by a mechanical conception of how it should manifest itself. On the other hand, since Bratz have natural leg lengths, large hips, and very modest chests, some parents are happy to see that dolls with what they perceive to be a more realistic body image are becoming popular. The French philosopher Henri Bergson wrote an essay on "the meaning of the comic", in which he viewed the essence of humour as the encrustation of the mechanical upon the living. In actuality, the fabric piece under the Bratz Babyz' skirts (as well as those of the regular and Lil' Bratz) is merely functional, preventing the skirts from riding up over the hips of the doll.

Notable studies of humour have come from the pens of Aristotle in The Poetics (Part V), of Sigmund Freud in Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious and of Schopenhauer. The Bratz Babyz were not immune to complaints, either, especially the "Babyz Night Out" fashion pack, the "Brattoo Parlor" playset, and the fact that the Big Babyz wear something under their skirts that looks like a thong. Typically, the priest will make a remark, the rabbi will continue in the same vein, and then the lawyer will make a third point that forms a sharp break from the established pattern, but nonetheless forms a logical (or at least stereotypical) response. They also took issue with the accessories that appeared to be champagne bottles and glasses and called for MGA to recall or otherwise remove the dolls from the market. For instance, a class of jokes exists beginning with the formulaic line "A priest, a rabbi, and a lawyer are sitting in a bar..." (or close variations on this). The group complained that the dolls sent a negative message "forcing" young girls to grow up too soon, while allegedly promoting the idea of sneaking out of the house to go on blind dates with complete strangers. For this reason also, many jokes work in threes. An opaque window showing the Boyz' feet would clue which Boyz doll it was, especially during the quest for the exclusive Bryce doll, available in only 1 of every 24 boxes.

For example:. The dolls were packaged with a Bratz girl on the left (Cloe, Yasmin, Jade, Meygan or Nevra) and matched with a mystery Boyz doll behind the door on the right side of the box. Perhaps the essence of humour lies in the presentation of something familiar to a person, so they think they know the natural follow-on thought or conclusion, then providing a twist through presentation something different from what the audience expected (see surprise), or else the natural result of interpreting the original situation in a different, less common, way. The parental group Dads and Daughters was outraged by the release of the Bratz Secret Date collection. White once said that "Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind." However, attempts to do just that have been made, such as this one:. [1]. Author E.B. Others have claimed that each of the Bratz seem to have very shallow personalities of their own, with only superficial things such as clothes differentiating one from another.

Some claim that humour cannot or should not be explained. Some say that Bratz dolls' bodies look like those of anorexic women. This is why jokes are often funny only when told the first time. They also claim the commercials show 11-year-olds wearing lots of makeup and scantily clad and insist that the Bratz are at least partially responsible for the moral decay of today's youth (Such as "Above all else, BE BEAUTIFUL!", a line found on the website). Once the problem in meaning has been described through a joke, people immediately begin correcting their impressions of the symbols that have been mocked. Some parents have criticized the Bratz for being "unrealistic" and claim they promote materialism and consumerism. In other words, comedy is a sign of a 'bug' in the symbolic make-up of language, as well as a self-correcting mechanism for such bugs. Bratz Boyz.

Irony is explicitly this form of comedy, whereas slapstick takes more passive social norms relating to physicality and plays with them. Bratz Girlz. Language is an approximation of thoughts through symbolic manipulation, and the gap between the expectations inherent in those symbols and the breaking of those expectations leads to laughter. A list of past and current Bratz doll names:. One explanation of humour is based on the fact that a great deal of humour is a consequence of language. The DVD, Rock Angelz, was released in September 2005 and showcased the Bratz in a computer-animated adventure as they started up their own fashion magazine. Arthur Schopenhauer lamented the misuse of the term (the German loanword from English) to mean any type of comedy. The third person adventure game allowed the player to customize one of the Bratz girls while following them around the world to investigate stories for Bratz Magazine.

By comparison, the use of irony creates the perception of a passage from the serious to the comic, while in humour the opposite is true. The videogame of the same name was released on various gaming platforms. For this reason humour is often a subjective experience as it depends on a special mood or perspective from its audience to be effective. The single "So Good" reached #14 on the Australian ARIAnet Singles Chart and #23 on the UK Singles Chart the same year. The term "humour" as formerly applied in comedy referred to the interpenetration of the sublime and the ridiculous. The CD, Rock Angelz, reached #79 on the US Billboard 200 in 2005, credited to Bratz Rock Angelz. Examples of various different styles of humour, or techniques for evoking humour or creating a humourous situation are listed below. Many tie-in products were also released, including boomboxes, CD towers, guitars, and fashion accessories.

. Bratz Cloe, Yasmin, Jade, Sasha, and Roxxi (sold exclusively with the Rock Angelz Concert Stage) were dressed in 70's inspired rock attire, and each girl had a guitar and a mini CD single including 2 songs (one character exclusive song and the other 'So Good' the lead single). For example, young children (of any background) particularly favour slapstick, while satire tends to appeal to more mature audiences. During fall 2005, MGA released their flagship collection, Bratz Rock Angelz. A sense of humour is the ability to experience humour, a quality which all people share, although the extent to which an individual will personally find something humorous depends on a host of absolute and relative variables, including, but not limited to geographical location, culture, maturity, level of education and context. In August of 2004, a straight to video animated movie, Bratz, the video: Starrin & Stylin', was released. The origin of the term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which stated that a mix of fluids known as humours controlled human health and emotion. In addition to the dolls, the Bratz line includes playsets, vehicles, accessories, Lil Bratz, the Bratz Babyz, plush Petz, ("Catz", "Dogz" and "Foxz"), collectible posters and a video game.

The term encompasses a form of entertainment or human communication which evokes such feelings, or which makes people laugh or feel happy. To date, Yasmin, Cloe, and Meygan have been made as Big Bratz. Humour (Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the ability or quality of people, objects or situations to evoke feelings of amusement in other people. Introduced in 2003 with Yasmin and adding a member of the Bratzpack annually, the limited edition dolls come with a certificate of authenticity and are dressed in fall/winter fashions showcasing the girl's passion for fashion. timing. A special collector's edition called Big Bratz features 2 foot tall versions of the Bratz. reframing. 2005 collections include Sportz (each Bratz girl dressed for her favorite sport, with coordinating accessories), I-Candy (neon, candy colored outfits and matching painted legs), Live In Concert/ Space Angelz Pop Stars (out-of-this-world space suits, headsets, anime eyes and wild matching make-up; included with the dolls was the CD single "Bein' Who We Are"), Treasures! ("Rogue Vogue" pirate style, complete with a treasure chest), DynaMite (vinyl catsuits and stiletto boots reminiscent of The Matrix or Charlie's Angels), Rock It! (boys only), Step Out! (celebrating the Bratz 5th anniversary and included a rubber bracelet; proceeds helped benefit the Step Out 2 Help Out foundation), Step Off! (the Boyz dressed in repeat Funk Out! fashions), Birthday Bash (80's inspired party dresses and leggings, plus a doll-sized gift bag/box), Campfire (warm winter camping gear and furry boots), Midnight Dance (a goth-esque collection with capes and detailed masks), Hollywood Style (dressed for a Hollywood premiere in repeat Bratz formal fashions), Wild Wild West (which included cowboy boots, cowboy hats, denim and suede inspired looks and big belt buckles), and Rock Angelz (the flagship line for the year).

hyperbole. The Ooh La La dolls also included a matching pot of lip gloss for the owner. metaphor. Ooh La La featured the return of Kumi, and the dolls in the series were dressed in berets, houndstooth and floral prints, jewel tones, and painted-on gloves and stockings. similar to reality, but not real. Fabulous saw the return of Tiana, and the wardrobe included fur coats, bra tops, miniskirts, and snakeskin boots. appealing to feelings or to emotions. Two lines which were not officially part of the Bratz World series, but carry on the Bratz World theme are Fabulous, a Las Vegas-inspired line, and Ooh La La, which is set in Paris.

some surprise, contradiction, ambiguity or paradox. Each doll came with a pet; the girls each had a dog, and the boys each had a cat. Exemplified by The Larry Sanders Show and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Punks had the Bratz dressed in London punk-culture attire, including studded and buckled vinyl jackets, wild hair colors and styles, and dark makeup contrasting with paler skin tones. Character Driven, deriving humour from the way characters act in specific situations, without punchlines. Tokyo A-Go-Go Bratz had anime-style eyes, Tokyo-inspired fashions, wildly colored, micro-braided hair, and "cyberpet" companions. Unintentional humour, that is, making people laugh without intending to (as with Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space). The Bratz World concept has taken the dolls to Tokyo, in the Tokyo-A-Go-Go collection, and London in the Punkz (boys only) and Pretty n' Punk line, with themed fashions and playsets to match.

Deliberate ambiguity and confusion with reality, often performed by Andy Kaufman. Other dolls released through the years include collectible keychains, ornaments, accessories and make-up. Anti-humour