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Just like Kaitlin, I have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Christmas season, and if I am being honest, I have already been listening to Christmas music and wearing Christmas socks. Christmas is by far my favorite holiday, and I end up celebrating it two or three months in advance. One movie that is always on my watchlist and is essential when it comes to this time of the year is the movie Elf, so I was very excited to see that Kaitlin chose to write about it. Every scene is filled with humorous accounts of Buddy and his life as an elf. If you are six years old or even seventy-five, it will make you laugh without a doubt, as well as fall in love with the main character Buddy. There are so many scenes that stick out in my mind that are filled with each comedy theory that we have discussed in class, and the ones Kaitlin mentions about Buddy screaming “Santa” in the store and the burping scene are great examples of how the incongruity and benign violation are present. The superiority theory can also be seen throughout the movie, and there is one clip that comes to mind that illustrates this theory. Buddy comes into his dad’s office, and he is in a meeting with a little person. Buddy immediately thinks he is an elf that has escaped from the North Pole and got to New York on a reindeer. The little person has an extreme temper and it continues to rise the more Buddy speaks. Buddy is oblivious to how inappropriate his comments are and genuinely means well by what he is saying. The scene ends with the little person beating up Buddy. This showcases the superiority theory because people find this humorous because no logical person would call a little person an elf. It is so funny because Buddy does not know any better and is so naïve about his actions, and this causes the viewer to feel superior over Buddy because they are more logical and know never to say something like that. Throughout the entirety of the movie you can see the other theories, and that is why Elf is such a humorous movie that needs to be watched every Christmas season. 

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  1. Shane HerronOctober 19, 2018 at 2:46 PM

    It's interesting that in a sense this comedy is similar to the comedy of Sacha Baron Cohen, who often uses a sort of illogic that is able to defeat logic to undermine the people he talks to. I wonder if part of the fun is that others feel superior to the Elf but they cannot really beat him because they cannot explain in logic what is wrong with his decisions.

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