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Xiangyu Xu

English 1110

Primary sources

The course theme which is comedy interests me a lot because I am a person who really enjoys comedy and comedy brings me relief and joy when I am depressed. I am a Chinese and I found that there are differences between humor of America and China. It is because of various cultural background of the two countries and I eagerly want to explore more about the reasons. Therefore, as an international student, the course theme is important for me to acquire information of culture of U.S.A.

I have seen quite a few of examples of the theme, such as The Big Bang Theory and 2 Broke Girls, which are my favorite US TV series. There is one dialogue in 2 Broke Girls which is “ It is your freedom to decide how much tips you give to me. It is my freedom to spit on your food.” In Chinese TV shows, it is not funny because there is not tips for waiters. Because the culture is different, it makes people laugh in US TV shows.

I am very much interested in working in three of these sources; image, video, and audio. This is because they are closely related, and they support each other. For instance, you cannot do video, which lacks audio. Audio is what explains what is happening in the video, and it is images, which are used to make videos. Thus, they support each other very closely.

These sources can be found in many places. The first place is where their history is available such as the internet. Secondly, they can be found in books, where they are written and can be incorporated into videos. Lastly, by using research, one can get the histories in the communities where the events took place and can be made into videos.

There are some images, which can relate to my work, such as images of cultural activities and the tools, which were used by that community at a particular time. These will be important in learning what their culture was.

Images

Source

http://www.imagefully.com/category/funny/

http://www.dumpaday.com/funny-pictures/funny-big-bang-theory-pictures-38-pics/