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Beacon College Salon Speaker Series presentsAppallingly Funny: Humor and the Taboo from War Literature to Social Media by Dr. Leigh Camacho Rourks
Oct. 16 at the Venetian Center
From gallows humor to coarse jabs, humans have a habit of laughing at the most inappropriate things. While humor is cultural and generational, in every group there is someone joking through their pain, their fear, their weariness, their boredom, and even their hate. And someone else who doesn't quite "get the joke." Whether it is the margins of medieval illuminated texts filled with dirty quips scrawled by bored monks or the comedic war novels and poems which refuse to treat death with the solemn respect it disserves, literature and pop culture is rich with examples of "inappropriate" jokes and "offensive" humor. In this presentation, Dr. Leigh Camacho Rourks asks what it is about the taboo that makes us want to crack a joke.
Register TODAY! We hope you will join us. As usual, admission is free with a catered meal!
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Dozier Cir, Leesburg, FL 34748, United States
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