Episode 79 - Slow Motion Fails & Funnies
Hey. Y'know what really grinds my gears? Slow motion in funny fail type videos, particularly physical humor like bicycle crashes or the like. Slow motion is awesome in certain contexts. It makes the mundane look epic and amazing, but it also completely kills humor. Physical humor relies on timing, sudden events, and expectation of physics in realtime, not to mention normal sound. Reducing a bicycle or skateboard crash to super slow mo destroys all comedic effect. (Well, for me, at least.) I mean, it might be entertaining or interesting, but it isn't funny. When the goal is to make the viewer laugh, then slow motion shouldn't be used. I absolutely hate it when a Fail Army compilation inserts slow motion constantly. If they want to do a slow mo compilation, then do the whole thing that way and label it so I can avoid it. I hate it when a clip is shaping up to be funny, and then it suddenly drops to slow mo. It kills it. When will people learn? Slow motion isn't funny!
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