Elizabeth's Lead Blog Post Response

In this week's lead blog post, Elizabeth used the video "Company is Coming". I thought she did a great job of explaining and applying some of the theories we have learned in class. First off, she applied the incongruity theory to a male playing the mom role in this clip. The unexpectedness of the male playing the mom role made this video more humorous than it would be with a female playing the mom role. Elizabeth also brought up stereotypes. In this video, it's using the mom stereotype by her cleaning the house but more exaggerated than mom's would usually be. I thought it was hilarious that none of the family was around to help the mom clean the house. This was relatable to me because my siblings and I would always try to avoid my mom when she was cleaning before a big event. If we tried to help her it would just stress her out more because we wouldn't be putting stuff in the right spots or we weren't cleaning the dishes good enough. When Gayle says "we can't let them know we sit" and "there cant be any sign of living in this house", I thought this was funny because normally this is what I'm thinking when my mom is going on a cleaning frenzy but if I were to say something out loud to her she would freak out. Also, I think it's funny that moms go crazy and go on a cleaning frenzy when guests are coming over. It's weird that we make our houses look so clean and organized just for the house to get messy all over again when the guests come over. In a way, this video was mocking this idea of cleaning the house just for it to get messy again. Overall I liked this video because it was different from other videos in class and Elizabeth did a great job of applying the theories to the clip.