RHETOR 138 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Four Yorkshiremen Sketch, Immanuel Kant, Varg Vikernes
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Notes on why comedy is at home on television by alex clayton. He begins with describing the opening scene of the sketch four yorkshiremen televised on at last the. He explains how the sketch invoked culture stereotypes in four manners. First, the repeated usage of aye depicts the stereotype of a yorkshireman: plain-speaking, down-to-earth, sharing values of his forebears and prideful of the above traits. The stereotype is further reinforced by the dazzling tuxes as their costumes. The topic of discussion, fine wine, called by its french name, and the way of speech: blunt with upward inflection reflect the stereotype. There is however lays of pretense in the sketch, the most obvious being the shaky northern accents as the actors are southern and from the middle class. Clayton contends that the viewers" appreciation of the sketch depends on whether one accepts this invitation to a community of convivial play-acting.
