Response to lead blogger "Lindsey"

Lindsey's blog post on the childhood toy “Barbie” was hilarious. I found myself not only laughing at the meme itself but the way Lindsay used examples of the theories and related them to this meme was extremely creative. I too loved playing Barbies as a child and found that I was able to relate most to her examples on the incongruity theory.

It is super comical that the innocent play toy barbie doll is being used in a “risky” series all about high school drama. Lindsey used the incongruity example on “the dolls’ facial expressions never change: they’re hitting you with that soft smile even while they’re cussing out poor Rachel Tice” (Laughs with Lindsey). This can clearly relate to the incongruity theory because on one end you would expect that a barbie remains an innocent toy played with by little kids. Along with the fact that you would expect the barbie to say something nice because of the smile on its face. However, in reality, the barbie is doing the complete opposite it is “cussing at Rachel”. This shows how the incongruity theory is being used in the series. Even though one may see this as being too much of a violation Lindsey describes it as “somehow working just right”.

Although there are other given examples of how this series could relate to the superiority theory and the benign violation theory. I most closely related to the incongruent examples used in the post. I am definitely going to go watch more episodes of this series and reminisce on my childhood, while also cringing at barbie being turned into such a risky character.