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I noticed that in South Korea as well. Much of Asia, actually.
Vietnam really summed it up for me. I went to some random place, can't recall why I was there, but one of the side things was a bear on a bicycle. The locals were howling with laughter watching a bear on a bike and if it fell or did anything that looked painful, the laughter really went up.
Meanwhile, every white person was in complete and utter shock.
Interesting observation. I attribute the laughing at inappropriate stuff to general ignorance and a deeply-entrenched concept of what is supposed to be funny in different countries (Vietnam in this instance). There are things that we think we just don't make light of but perhaps culture has a different way of granting permission.
I noticed that in South Korea as well. Much of Asia, actually.
Vietnam really summed it up for me. I went to some random place, can't recall why I was there, but one of the side things was a bear on a bicycle. The locals were howling with laughter watching a bear on a bike and if it fell or did anything that looked painful, the laughter really went up.
Meanwhile, every white person was in complete and utter shock.
I laugh when people get hurt, but a bear on a bicycle? i'd laugh at that if i was 5.
Probably no different from your country, people laugh at things they find funny.
I feel humour differences between countries are exaggerated. Some act like Americans 'don't get' British humour or something, which is for the most part nonsense.
^ Both American and British comedy, and Aussie comedy, is popular here. Lately though it seems there aren't many good ones on: you know it when the most popular is The Big Bang Theory and you have awful shows like 'Two Broke Girls' on.
Just recently the IT Crowd is one good one among many great British comedies.
For some reason Aussie sitcoms didn't really last the test of time, there was Hey Dad...Australian humour tends to be low-brow, not always particularly intelligent, a lot of panel/skit type shows, from Full Frontal/Fast Forward to a spate of them about 10 years ago. Of course there's the observational humour of Kath'n'Kim and Chris Lily's various projects.
For Australian humour, D gen or The Late Show.
Still quote late show - very funny stuff.
Loved the Martin Molloy show radio show too.
As for American sitcoms; only Seinfeld. The rest is just not funny to me. I lasted about 2.5seconds into that 2.5 men show.
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