01/25 WK 02 UT/ WK 01 NYU

"Something which has never occurred since time immemorial..." "A young woman did not fart in her husband's lap." - World's oldest recorded joke on a Sumerian tablet from 1900 BC

IN CLASS

Class Introduction: Carla Gannis reviewing course expectations. (20 minutes) + prerecorded lecture

ZOOM LOGIN at 6:50PM (UT & NYU) ANNOUNCE: "LAUGH OUT LOUD" sponsored by WSPARK & DSLCOLLECTION ON SANSAR: ART EXHIBITIONS IN THE METAVERSE, opening April 9th. Prof Lanina and Prof Gannis are working with NYU Prof Snow Yunxue Fu on a Comedy Hour in the virtual (social VR) Washington Square Park. We will be including students, who are interested from this class, in the event (this means you need to have a moving image work or avatar performance ready to go one week BEFORE April 9th!).

READ ABOUT THE EVENT>> 😂 Laugh Out Loud

*This is an extra credit opportunity. If you would like to participate, sign up here BEFORE Feb 1. All students who sign up and make a work will receive extra credit, however Pro Snow Yunxue Fu will be the curator of the event, and will make final selections of works for inclusiong.

ALL students will be included in the end of semester screenings at UT Austin and NYU.

DISCUSSING our DISCORD SERVER

• JOIN if you haven't here https://discord.gg/3P25eeuR

A SHORT HISTORY OF COMEDY: Carla Gannis Presentation and Q & A (35 min) PRESENTATIONS: NYU students present their material. (90 min)

FUN FACTS: Students from UT and NYU share anecdotes about themselves

ASSIGNMENT 02

If you haven't done so: (1) ACCEPT Discord Invitation (https://discord.gg/3P25eeuR) (2) FILL OUT CLASS YOU FORM if you have not already (3) CREATE a folder for yourself in the class Google drive here

VRL (Viewing/Reading/Listening) Sociological Implications of Mainstream Comedy: (1) LISTEN to Marc Maron, “Canceled Comedy” http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-1278-canceled-comedy-w-kliph-nesteroff-and-david-bianculli (2) READ "Why Women Aren’t Funny" https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2007/01/hitchens200701 (3) READ "Who Says Women Aren’t Funny" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/04/funnygirls200804 (4) WATCH DiversityInc 2021 virtual Fireside Chat, American humorist, stand-up comedian, actor, producer and writer Roy Wood Jr. spoke with Carolynn Johnson, CEO of DiversityInc., about how he got into comedy, how he puts his beliefs into action, and what he does to make equity a reality in our country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3QxRwePYsA&t=26s (5) CREATE a Process Blog and POST the url on the Discord Class server https://discord.gg/3P25eeuR in #processblogs . (6) WRITE & POST on your Process Blog.with your responses to the two Viewing/Reading/Listening (VRL) assigned. Do not write a summary. In other words, do not regurgitate what you absorbed. Discuss any epiphanies or insights that occurred while reading, what points of view you agreed with or that you didn't. (6) *NYU Students, please view Prof Lanina's presentation WHAT IS HUMOR "Lanina_class 1.pdf" here.