She's pretty much my soul mate.
The lyger is pretty much my favorite animal.
Gramma says you're pretty much ruining my life...and eating all the steak...
Qualifiers in the film make it funny, right? It is the incongruity of an over the top sweeping "all-ness" statement and then a modest lil' qualifier. What are some other examples from this movie that use Toulmin and/or your humor chapter to operate on the audience:
Hints: What is it specifically about the relationship between Pedro and Napoleon that's so funny? What does this say about ethnicity? (Warrant?)
What's so funny about those little weird braided key chains that Deb makes for Pedro's campaigne? What types of arts and crafts did you make when you were little and why are they so funny now?
Why is Napoleon's dance practice session in his "Pegasus-Crossing" bedroom so funny?
What is funny about Pedro's mustache? (think causal reasoning: if...then...) The Happy Hands Club?
What about the Uncle, there's a real basic warrant there...a character stuck in the past...
What's so funny about Napoleon's Tee shirts?
Take a stab at a few of these and then tell me what your favorite part was. Then you can do this type of analysis with the humorous cartoon you select for the final paper.
Extra Credit: What is the overall warrant for the movie, what does it say about Nerdiness? (Since...)
If you wan to use any of my skills, you can...Sandra
4 comments:
i havent seen the movie either just looking at the previews and commercials it doesnt seem like the type of movie id like i have been hearing mixed reviews about it...some think its the dumbest movie ever and others think its the most hilarious thing they have ever seen...therefore i dont know the qualifier..sorry
Thank you Lindsey,
I bet US Senator Linsey Graham of South Carolina wouldn't like it if people said he had a girl's name or didn't spell a couple of things right here and there, especially since he was a Gulf War hero. ...but then again, when you are smart, powerful and famous, you can tell all of your adoring fans that it is an "honor" to have a unisex name and represent "feminist values." I have a unisex name too, lots of boys in the south are named Sandy. PS: Ask Rob what "ahd" spells in his last entry. Hmmmmmmm......... (wink to you both)
SINCE Napoleon Dynamite is the best slap at the world of high school since Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion (which, by the way, I don't love, but I think it is pretty damn funny), all students should be required to watch it and think about how everything before 18 really is not going to change the rest of your life. Let it be said I did have a great high school life, but really, what was I thinking ? My favorite part of the movie is of course when he plays tetherball, because tetherball is a great game. The End. Oh, and I see you're drinking 1%. Is that 'cause you think you're fat? 'Cause you're not. You could be drinking whole if you wanted to.
what are those things that deb trys to sell to napoleon and leaves then on his porch?
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