Response to lead blogger "Lucy"

In response to Lucy’s blog post, I think that she makes some very accurate points regarding the superiority theory and how it is portrayed on T.V. In her blog post she examines the popular show “The Office”. Even though I have not personally watched many episodes of The Office, I have actually viewed the scene that Lucy uses as her first example. While watching the scene I couldn't help but to hysterically laugh/ cry. This reiterated Lucy’s point about how “There is constant craziness happening in the office”. When looking at how the superiority theory relates to the show, she uses the character Michael Scott as a prime example. She talks about how Michael is always doing dumb things which are funny because we feel as if he should know better. If we were placed in the same situation as him we would have a completely different response/ reaction. An important point that I think Lucy makes is when say says, “The superiority theory may be seen as degrading towards people, but I feel that with T.V show characters this isn’t the case and sometimes makes us love the characters even more”. This statement is very true and not something I had thought about before. Typically we think of the superiority theory as being negative but I like how Lucy brought up the point that it doesn't always have to be this way when used in different contexts. Another important point that was discussed is how the show could potentially also relate to the relief theory. Jokes made in the show are often times “too controversial”. These jokes made in many situations bring up different emotions and cause laughter to arise as a form of relief.