Essays Tagged: "Simon Bird"

How humour is created in sitcoms

sult. However, making use of the expletive increases the severity. Due to the comment being made by Simon's younger brother, the insult is not taken in jest as with the majority of the insults in the ... insults in the scripts. When the context of the violation is changed and occurs in the presence of Simon's friends the lexis used is far more taboo, "Holy fucking shit, that's cold." We can tell that ...

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Subjects: Literature Research Papers