Neat idea, but I don’t think it works. Just about anything can be mocked simply by adopting a dumb sounding voice and adding sufficient “huurrr hurrs.”
“Hurr..… I couldn’t POSSIBLY balance the budget without raising taxes!!! That’d be reee-DIC-ulous!! Hurrr!!!!”
Or, conversely...
“Hurrr.… I’m just gonna give up on balancing the budget without raising taxes ’cuz I’m too lazy.… hurrr!!!”
“Well, sure it sounds bad when you say it like THAT!”
Whether that is skilled mocking is up for debate. But if you’re going to take the time to evaluate whether a particular mocking is skilled or funny in an objective sense, you might as well figure out whether the idea was reasonable in the first place.
As I said, the quality of the mocking is up for debate. But given a suitably skilled live delivery and proper setup, a comedian could get at least SOME people to laugh at that.
Neat idea, but I don’t think it works. Just about anything can be mocked simply by adopting a dumb sounding voice and adding sufficient “huurrr hurrs.”
“Hurr..… I couldn’t POSSIBLY balance the budget without raising taxes!!! That’d be reee-DIC-ulous!! Hurrr!!!!”
Or, conversely...
“Hurrr.… I’m just gonna give up on balancing the budget without raising taxes ’cuz I’m too lazy.… hurrr!!!”
“Well, sure it sounds bad when you say it like THAT!”
Whether that is skilled mocking is up for debate. But if you’re going to take the time to evaluate whether a particular mocking is skilled or funny in an objective sense, you might as well figure out whether the idea was reasonable in the first place.
Scott Adams was talking about humorously mocking, which does imply “funny”.
As I said, the quality of the mocking is up for debate. But given a suitably skilled live delivery and proper setup, a comedian could get at least SOME people to laugh at that.