Liberal Arts SES218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Russell Brand, Carnivalesque, Hollerado
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Youthful fool: an archetype - universal idea (every culture, every time period) tarot cards - the fool represents innocence and is naive - not stupid but no experience. Ex; someone arrives in toronto and within 12 hours, he gets his wallet stolen, he loses his iphone, etc. Can be for a coming of age story - gaining experience and growing: good hearted. Fool as clown: babbles nonsense, but sometimes it"s the truth. But how can we know what"s true or not: physical humour (slapstick) - general job. Do these things to be funny and make money. Subversive fool: challenges authority, traditional values, and social norms in an indirect way. Often through humour: because they look foolish or look dumb, it doesn"t seem like they"re challenging them, but they are they"re not as foolish as they appear, authority sees the subversive fool by: