In our daily lives, we are used to associating laughter usually with positive events or feelings that give us pleasure, while on the other hand, we refer to violence as a negative phenomenon which, as long as we are not the aggressor, does not give us any pleasure. . However, violence and laughter seem to interact quite nicely with each other - for example, as in "Your Story" in "California".
Delinda Disha, as the moderator of "Historia jote" and Olsi Bylyku, as a man raped by a woman, realized a sketch in today's episode of the comedy program (Saturday, September 19). The role of the actor presented a man who confessed the violence that the woman exercised against him, while false laughter was constantly heard in the background. In another sketch of "Your Story", Olsi and Delinda brought on stage "The bride poisoned me with yogurt", an event that caused quite a stir in the media some time ago, where the bride tried to kill her mother-in-law by poisoning her with yogurt, an event which then circulated through social media and became the object of memes.
In other words, a television program portrays domestic violence and an assassination attempt as an object of humor, more or less like the slapstick comedy of modern times.
Using a subtle theme like violence for humorous notes is not something unknown, as long as dozens of cartoons contain similar scenes. However, the fact that such topics are normalized on television, at a time when domestic violence and killings are increasingly troubling, is problematic.
Before moving on to the impact that such sketches have on audiences, I must emphasize that it is not about black comedy or what is known as black humor or dark humor. The black comedy, which dates back to Aristophanes in Ancient Greece, really focuses on topics such as violence, death, discrimination, human sexuality, disease, etc., but the purpose of this comedy is to promote topics that are widely considered taboo and should be discussed. .
I am of the opinion that any phenomenon can become an object of humor, as long as it serves a purpose and does not negatively affect people. It is in fact proven that yes, people listen more to someone who makes them laugh than someone who makes them feel sad. An example of this is the case when comedian Hannibal Buress joked about the rapes of actor Bill Cosby. Everyone whispered up and down about his rapes, but only that much. When Buress joked, everyone started talking, the media investigating and so, Cosby was arrested and sentenced to prison.
Pra, me fjalë të tjera, qëllimi i humorit të zi është fuqizimi i “të shtypurit”. Në këtë pikë, dyshoj që skeçi i “Klanifornias” të fuqizojë në një farë mënyre burrat e dhunuar nga gratë. E nëse ky ka qenë qëllimi i vërtetë, mea culpa! S'e paskam kuptuar. Sidoqoftë, mbase duhet të fuqizojnë më parë gratë e dhunuara nga burrat, sepse statistikisht janë më të shumta në numër. Megjithatë, dyshoj të ketë qenë ky qëllimi.
Sketches of violence against the husband and attempted murder of the mother-in-law are just topics that circulate widely through meme pages and at this point, I find it impossible to make the connection to television. Meme sites have the ease of posting what they want and how they want, as long as they have no obligation to anyone. But national televisions are not meme sites. Television has a responsibility to viewers and can never normalize violence. Let us also not forget that human nature tends to normalize the phenomena it sees or hears often, or at least does not see them as disturbing.
It is paradoxical how in humor programs, where love is immoral , violence appears to us as something completely normal. Even to laugh.
