Response to Ellery's Blog
The Home Alone movies have always been some of my favorite Christmas movies. I was fascinated at how Kevin McCalister had such clever tricks and traps in his house, and at how dumb the crooks trying to rob the house were. In a deeper analysis, Home Alone uses all three theories of comedy. Incongruity is present whenever Kevin does something that an 8 year old should not be able to do. For example, when Kevin's flamethrower trap torches one of the robber's heads. Superiority theory is present whenever the crooks do something ridiculous. For example, one crook hits the other with a crowbar while trying to scare a spider away. Relief is present whenever Kevin is trying to get out of a sticky situation and he gets out of it thanks to the crooks stupidity. What I had not seen prior to reading Ellery's post was the 'Prison Time' video. This video put a hilarious twist on my favorite Christmas movie in a satirical way. I had never thought about how Kevin's antics cou...