Analysing a particular work and then presenting it to a particular
audience is a tough task. As the type of audience differs, and their
ideologies also vary, it becomes all the more challenging.
I remember a time when I was trying to explain the impact of the
Netflix specials of Bo Burnham to my brother. He is one of my
favourite comedians. However, the explanation of the impact did not
go well. It was mainly because I was not able to communicate it in
the right way so that my brother could understand it properly (Meyer
et al., 2016).
During the process of explaining the impact of the Netflix specials of
Bo Burnham, I encountered a number of challenges. One of the
major challenges was that I lacked confidence. I kept thinking about
whether I would be able to articulate the impact and present it in the
right way or not. It made me more confused (Meyer et al., 2016). In
my mind, I was constantly struggling to form sentences and kept
thinking if it would make any sense or not. I was making an attempt
to explain some of the jokes of Bo Burnham to my brother. However,
he did not have any idea about him. He neither knew who the
comedian was nor was he familiar with his style of comedy. This
made things more complicated as well as challenging. As I was not
able to communicate the impact in the right manner, some of the
jokes even seemed to be offensive to my brother. I also tried
showing a video clip of his comedy to my brother. However, by that
time, I had already messed up things. As my brother was not able to
know that the comedian was trying to be sarcastic, he did not find
the video to be funny and could not enjoy it. The lack of familiarity
with the jokes of Bo Burnham made it difficult for my brother to
understand it or find it interesting.
As I was explaining the impact to my brother, who is just one year
younger than me, I made use of too simple terms. The language of
communication was also very informal and casual. I could have
explained the impact better if I had made use of some better words
and a semi-formal tone. However, owing to the relationship with my
brother, I used a very casual tone as well as language. Even though
the process was challenging, I enjoyed it a lot.
References
Meyer, J., Song, R., & Ha, K. (2016). The effect of product placements
on the evaluation of movies. European Journal of Marketing.
