John's Lead Blog Post Response

First off I thought the video John used was pretty funny and he did a great job of tying incongruity and a new concept called ''Feeling Tone Interpretation." To start off I never knew what to expect what was going to happen next while watching this clip. One moment the chef was saying not directly that he liked the dish and then the next moment he would make a comment saying how bad it was. Like John said this is an example of incongruity because we expect the dish to be either good or bad, not both. It was hard to tell when the chef was being nice or being mean and this is where the "Feeling Tone Interpretation" comes in for me because the chief never changes his tone but the music changes from very dramatic to uplifting and happy. With the changing music this helped me understand when the chef was being nice or rude. If the music wasn't there, I think it would be hard to apply the idea of "Feeling Tone Interpretation." I think relief theory could also be an example in this clip. The dramatic music builds up tension on what the chef is going to say. That tension is released when the chef says something nice about the dish and the music changes to more uplifting. The moment of released tension is quickly gone when we realize the chef is now saying something mean about the dish. This moment is where incongruity plays into this clip because I did not expect a rude comment after the chef just gave a nice one. Since the tone was constantly changing throughout the video I'm still unsure if the chef liked the other chef's food or not. Overall I thought this was a funny clip to watch and was a good example of the incongruity theory and possibly the relief theory.