British humor

Today it was a really boring day at school; we only listened to the teacher speaking and learning things we already knew. Then after school it was much better, we went to the Rondo theatre in Lancaster to see a show. The show was performed by Rowan Atkinson, this time as Mr. Bean. The show was really good and I think it’s a good example of real good British humor. I am a really big fan of Mr. Bean and I have watched his 14 episodes at least ten times. So for me this show was really amazing and I enjoyed it so much.

British humor is defined as the humor in the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth. In the British humor there is a lot of sarcasm and undervaluing one self. I like the sarcasm when it is connected to humor, and I think it’s really funny. Emotions and feeling are buried under the humor, and sometimes maybe too much. There are jokes about almost everything and most of it is about unimportant issues. British humor has been popular all around the world and has been an important channel for export of the British culture. Some good examples on good British humor are The office, Derek and Mr. Bean.

Mr. Bean often seems to not really understand how the world really works. The programs are often about normal things, things people easily do, but that is not so easy for Mr. Bean. Ordinary things such as going swimming, using a television or going to church often messes up for him. The things that make this funny are how Mr. Bean handles the situations and how he is improvising situations and making it really funny. Mr. Bean lives alone, but he has a teddy bear named Teddy and this is perhaps his best friend. He always wears a tweed jacket and a skinny red tie. He also usually wears a digital calculator watch. Mr. Bean does never speak unless is totally necessary, but when he does, it’s generally only a few words.

-Marius

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_humour

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Bean