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I watched the trailer and a few scenes from Jennifer's Body , and I have to say I find the movie to be hilarious. At first, I was a little confused because the film seemed to be a horror film, but as I continued to watch I began to see how funny Jennifer was. She comes up with very quick, humorous one-liners that keep the audience laughing because it comes out of nowhere . In one scene for instance, Chip stabs Jennifer and she begins to gush blood, as I watched the scene, I was expecting Jennifer to either attack Needy or die, but instead she turns to Needy and goes “You got a tampon?”. The incongruity theory can be seen here because this comment is so unexpected. No one would think someone who just got stabbed to ask for a tampon to try and stop themselves from bleeding out. The benign theory can be seen here as well because her comment is just a little inappropriate, but not enough to make people uncomfortable . Another scene that ...