Daniel Derrin
Humour and the Unacceptable in Neil Hamburger’s Routine
Derrin, Daniel
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Abstract
This paper addresses the comic routine of Australian born U.S. comedian Gregg Turkington’s alter-ego, ‘Neil Hamburger’, from the perspective of Aristotle’s ancient conception of the risible as a species of the unacceptable, or the unseemly. In doing so, it explores two thresholds of acceptability, subjective and social, which are relevant to an understanding of Hamburger’s comic style. The paper argues that Hamburger’s style willfully violates those thresholds, risking the audience’s laughter, and yet working towards the visualization of a less normative kind of ‘unseemliness’ that underlies Hamburger’s politics: reverence for celebrity and the sacred.
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Derrin, D. (2014). Humour and the Unacceptable in Neil Hamburger’s Routine. PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, 11(2), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.5130/portal.v11i2.3207
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Jul 1, 2014 |
Deposit Date | Oct 8, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Journal | PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies |
Publisher | UTS ePRESS |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 11 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 1-17 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.5130/portal.v11i2.3207 |
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