http://www.hulu.com/watch/57938/saturday-night-live-wii-guys
After watching this clip I thought to myself, wow, the topic of men and masturbation really seems pervasive in popular culture comedy.
It’s been used in jokes for AGES, and it really continues to “get laughs,” as you can hear from the studio audience in this clip.
I find it fascinating how the presence of masturbation discourses have changed culturally over the last 30 years. Men and masturbation isn’t exactly a new topic, but the manner in which it’s represented provides us with an interesting reflection on the links between social/historical context and discourse. After all, this clip would not have been found funny many years ago, and frankly, there are many people who are bothered by it now.
There are many discourses that create the humor in this clip. Several address sexuality and the embodiment of sexual acts, others address families/relationships and age. There are also discourses about gender, video games—and those who play them, American homes, and physical comedy (humor).
So...here are some questions to consider...
Which discourses about sexuality are emphasized? Would you describe those emphasized discourses as dominant/privileged? Why/why not? How do discourses about family/relationships/age interact with those discourses about sexuality, and how/why does that lead the stuido audience members to laugh?
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