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Module 3:
Exercises to sharpen your wit.
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Nothing is
achieved without practice and application.
Exercise One: Analyze and switch your favorite
jokes.
Why?
You will learn how to craft great jokes but also
it will help to impress on, your
mind the various techniques and concepts we have discussed so
far. We have listed
in the sample section some of our favorites, which you can
use.
If you want to know why a joke is funny,
Ask yourself what pain and what truth is it
attempting to express !
The vast majority of humor moves from positive
idea to negative idea, either completely or by degrees. There is
a fear and a sense of darkness in most
humor.
When reconstructing jokes i.e. creating new
humor from the elements of another joke, keep the following
points in mind.
Maybe personalize it for a specific
geographical
region or a topical situation.
? Add
to the joke premise (what the joke is all about, what pain or
truth is it expressing).
Maybe switch the
premise to another situation,
character and location
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