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Humour and comedy

TheCatWoman

A lot of what people call comedy I don't understand, especially if it's full of nerdish people, I think I'm supposed to feel some recognition with them and I don't, at all.

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  • I find that absurdist comedy (Monty Python, Spike Milligan etc.) is what I find the most funny. Stewart Lee is my favourite modern comedian and his exquisitely crafted stand up also relies on pointing out the absurdities of life. The first time I saw Spike Milligan's 'Tribute to Elgar on the B-flat garden hose and armpit' sketch, I literally could not breathe for laughing. Situational comedy, such as 'The Office' just makes me squirm with discomfort. I rather think that, as autistic people, we have suffered so greatly from embarrassment in social situations throughout our lives, experiences that we still remember with awful clarity, that depictions of similar situations just hurt rather than amuse.

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    Martin said:
    we have suffered so greatly from embarrassment in social situations throughout our lives, experiences that we still remember with awful clarity, that depictions of similar situations just hurt rather than amuse.

    I agree. I found The Office distinctly unfunny - though I loved Mackenzie Crook's 'Detectorists.' I've just watched the Milligan - great! Sorely missed.

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  • in reply to Martin
    Martin said:
    we have suffered so greatly from embarrassment in social situations throughout our lives, experiences that we still remember with awful clarity, that depictions of similar situations just hurt rather than amuse.

    I agree. I found The Office distinctly unfunny - though I loved Mackenzie Crook's 'Detectorists.' I've just watched the Milligan - great! Sorely missed.

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