Long gone are the days when a silent comedian used to make an entire audience burst into laughter without uttering even a single word!
The word humour has undergone some serious revision in its meaning over the past few years.
Humour comes in various flavours, any of which may appeal to one person but not the other.
But, the current crop of boys and girls are more of inclined towards the type of humour which relies heavily on impropriety or indecency for the comic effect.
Now-a-days, a joke having zero vulgar content is labelled to be a lame one. Even a 12 year old mocks his naive friend for sending a joke having no obscene remarks.
We used to sit in front of the television sets, laughing our heart out watching slapstick like tom and jerry.
Kids nowadays idolize a five year old mischievous guy named Shinchan Nohara! And, one can readily see the undesired change at the grassroots level which further promotes this craze for vulgar comic strips!
Imagine the horror on our parent's face when we uttered our first cuss word. And compare it with our reaction when we see a five year old blurting out the same repeatedly!
The social media has been flooded over with such atrocious images, videos and all such stuff. Let alone the social media, even daily life conversations are heading out in the same direction!
Instead of ameliorating the existing standards of comic content, we are further deteriorating the existing condition.
One simply cannot overlook one of the most prominent resource of the growing offensive tidbits, the movies! We need to construe, not every producer is a social activist trying to make people aware about what is correct and what isn't! He/she is out there to earn big bucks, for which they have to cater to the needs of the audience.
I wonder if the kids of the coming generation 'll ever get to know the pleasure of smiling upon witty remarks passed by seasoned yesteryear humorists.
Well, Rowan Atkinson, our very own Mr.Bean may turn out to be the lone exception! His comic timing, clean and hilarious acts without mumbling even a single word has been and will continue to win many a hearts.
Isn't this a growing matter of concern? Today, a handful of people might be reading the serene compositions, poems with loads of witticism, let alone appreciating the writers for the same!
It has been identified that humour contributes to higher subjective well-being. In fact, humour has been one of the major contributing factor in achieving a higher psychological well-being.
In the light of the above statements, all of us are forced to think over the urgent need of eliminating the inclination towards offensive content for the sake of entertainment.
Being constantly subjected to such kind of obnoxious content can have an opposing effect on our psychological well-being.
The concept of humour has been seriously misapprehended! We need to get back on track before we end up crashing haphazardly leaving ourselves with no means of escape or return!
This reminds me of a legend who rose to fame in the era of silent film and his famous quote.
A day without laughter is a day wasted!
I hope you all must have recognized who am I talking about as some people don't need an introduction!
Laugh healthy, live healthy!
That’s the sad part of our present life ,
ReplyDeleteThat until and unless there isn’t any vulgar sentences or words it is not at all comedy or joke😪
Indeed! What's even more saddening is that we only are responsible for promoting and providing further impetus to such content!
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