When something is funny - it is rarely taken seriously. Who would have heard of Socrates and Plato, if they’d have started their debates off with a joke? Jesus and Mohammed - would the masses have listened if they had used punchlines to hit home a message? What about Leonardo Di Vinci? If the Mona Lisa had just a little bit of hair on the top lip…
People who see the funny are rarely recorded in history. Of course, in the last century, we do have our famous comedians - noone can dispute the popularity of Chaplin and Will Rogers, but rarely do the funny people in history get honored for their work. They are the day to day soldiers of mirth who help to keep the dark at bay for the masses.
In today’s economy…there is still an economy, isn’t there? Humour plays a more important role than ever - to aid the masses into momentarily forgetting their troubles. Most movie studios are hard at work cranking out comedies to rake in the ‘dough of dispare’, and books about ‘how to kill your boss’ or ‘run with scissors’ are on the bestsellers lists.
Humouress visual art - (sometimes not apparent to the naked eye…) - still finds it’s appeal with the use of color and content (when used appropriately to bash the view over the head if they do not ‘get it’.)
The human race needs funny - we always have and we always will - this blog was created to promote this idea and will explore the historical, little known facts about humour, and the contemporary contempt for it in all walks of art.
Just remember - a good hour of laughter produced the same feel-good hormones as a 5K race - belly laughs can save your life!!