LOL, ROTFL, giggling so hard you snort coffee out your nose… how many times do you laugh every day, and at what? Dig in deep beneath the jokes, the pranks, the cats drinking in showers, and the laugh tracks to discover how comedy shapes who we are as a society and how we treat each other. Explore the dark side that relies on stereotypes and creates laughter by making fun of people. Look at the heroic side in which comedy shines a light on prejudices and helps us better understand others. Hear from guest lecturers, visit a stand-up show, and produce a comedy documentary.
Course Details:
3 Credits
CRN 32984
MW 10-11:20
140 ALL
About the Instructor: Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant
Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant has performed and taught comedy writing, stand-up, and improv for 20 years. She loves making people laugh and teaching people how to take their own lives and look for the funny in them. She has 18 published humor books, had her own comedy radio talk show, has written several movie comedies (none of which has been produced, but she had fun nonetheless), and produced her own play, Are We There Yet a few years ago. Leigh Anne has been an adjunct instructor in the UO School of Journalism and Communication for 4 years and teaches Grammar for Communicators and Comedy in Media.
