The first Hangover is the only one from the series that I have seen and I absolutely loved it. The movie utilizes all three theories, incongruity, superiority, and relief, as well as benign violation, which made it such a success among audience members. So many elements about the plot and characters enable to the movie to be a hit comedy. Alan's character, who roofies the bachelor party in order to be liked and welcomed into their group, usually is the source of much of the comedy. Alan's character often makes inappropriate jokes for the situation the characters are in, doesn't truly grasp the gravity of some situations, presents incongruity and superiority theory, and often displays benign violation. In the first video clip, Alan, the least responsible character, is placed with the duty of taking care of the baby the trio found in their hotel room. As the other two characters are attempting to recall their memories from last night in order to find Doug, the missing groom, Alan takes the child's hand and makes the baby perform obscene gestures. This presents incongruity and benign violation as Alan uses raunchy humor at a completely inappropriate time and we usually do not associate babies with masturbation. As Ed and Phil continue to stress in their situation and attempt to unfold the events of the previous night, Alan suddenly pulls a human tooth out of his pocket mid conversation, only to find out the tooth belongs Ed, who is ironically a dentist. This presents incongruity because the fact that Alan has Ed's tooth in his pocket is so random and Ed's profession presents irony. Ed then notices that Phil has a hospital tag around his wrist, indicating that at some point during the night Phil was hospitalized though he does not recall. Alan, with great concern, immediately asks is Phil if is alright. This made me laugh because clearly Bradley Cooper's character appears to be completely fine and retorts very quickly that he is. This brings into play superiority theory as Phil is clearly okay and does not even remember why he was hospitalized yet Alan asks if he okay as if the hospitalization or issue just occurred. From this short scene alone, almost all the theories are utilized and presented through the banter of the friends and Alan's character.
I agree the most with Marie Collins Swabey's idea that incongruity is found humorous because the two aspects are irrelevant to one another in a acceptable scenario. Often the humor is found within the topic of discussion because the two concepts are dissimilar. Swabey distinguishes that there are two forms of incongruity, logical and factual, and that the context in which incongruity is utilized may differ. Logical, which infringe on the laws of logic, are usually entertaining because the person utilizing the logical incongruity makes a false statement, which overlaps with the idea of superiority theory. Logical incongruity appeals to our sense of rational form where as factual appeals more to the incompatibility of certain topics. This form of incongruity is demonstrated when the association of said topics are viewed as incompatible or abnormal to the audience. Although Roger Scruton disagrees with the theory that the abnormality of the incongruent pairing of two ideas in not wha...
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