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Take the US and UK. Some people act like most Americans just don't 'get' British humour, sometimes smugly because it's too 'clever' for them, or Brits think American comedy is low-brow, and while subtle differences exist, I feel that humour is also an individual thing, and often crosses cultural barriers. I just think the differences are exaggerated, most Americans can get at least a few laughs out of classic British comedy shows like the Goodies, Fawlty Towers, Monty Python, Blackadder, Are You Being Served, Dad's Army, Vicar of Dibley, Mr Bean, Peepshow, the IT Crowd, and likewise a lot of American comedies are very popular in Britain, from I Love Lucy back in the 50s and 60s, to countless others.
Some of the sitcoms in other non-Anglo countries are also not really much different: most cultures understand slapstick, surprise humour, ridiculous humour, irony, sarcasm, although there may be slight cultural differences interacting with people around the world I find as long as they fully UNDERSTAND what you're trying to say they often get it.
I would say the variation between PEOPLE is probably just as much. There are people in different cultures who just don't have a sense of humour, or take themselves way too seriously.
Take the US and UK. Some people act like most Americans just don't 'get' British humour, sometimes smugly because it's too 'clever' for them, or Brits think American comedy is low-brow, and while subtle differences exist, I feel that humour is also an individual thing, and often crosses cultural barriers. I just think the differences are exaggerated, most Americans can get at least a few laughs out of classic British comedy shows like the Goodies, Fawlty Towers, Monty Python, Blackadder, Are You Being Served, Dad's Army, Vicar of Dibley, Mr Bean, Peepshow, the IT Crowd, and likewise a lot of American comedies are very popular in Britain, from I Love Lucy back in the 50s and 60s, to countless others.
Some of the sitcoms in other non-Anglo countries are also not really much different: most cultures understand slapstick, surprise humour, ridiculous humour, irony, sarcasm, although there may be slight cultural differences interacting with people around the world I find as long as they fully UNDERSTAND what you're trying to say they often get it.
I would say the variation between PEOPLE is probably just as much. There are people in different cultures who just don't have a sense of humour, or take themselves way too seriously.
Just my two cents.
Yeah, I agree I can watch funny movies from any country and laugh. One difference in culture though, is that the singing and dancing in Bollywood movies bug the crap out of me.
People who think that everything from the United States is low intelligence are probably just the people who are looking to criticize it.
Yeah a lot of wacky Japanese stuff seems plain weird and sadistic, but then you have 'Funniest Home Videos' which can be funny at times but should just be called 'America's/Australia's Most Sadistic Home Videos' lol.
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