Comments on: One Person’s Funny is another Person’s “We are Not Amused.”

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Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:01:49 +0000

[...] One Personâ€™s Funny is another Personâ€™s â€œWe are Not Amused.â€ [...]

By: Pattie

Pattie — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:18:29 +0000

I laughed out loud at your very frist line, about how funny you think you are, because believe me, no one laughs harder at my stuff than me. In fact, I’m often the only one laughing, which I tell my kids is a good thing because at least I know I’ll always have a fan! But, yes, it gets trickier when it involves clients. For me, if I feel the least bit of a twinge of concern about whether or not is tastefully funny, then I need to rewrite it. Period. I also try very hard not to be “snarky.” And, adnit it, you know when you are.

By: Lorna Doone Brewer

Lorna Doone Brewer — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:55:56 +0000

Laura,

Tamara was inspired to write this post because we’re doing a project for a client who wanted some sort of tasteful humor used in the work. I did a few of the shorter pieces and emailed them to her to make sure we had the same ideas about what was actually funny and tasteful. It turns out that she liked it, which was great news. I think that a quick check-in on that type of thing is probably a good idea. Now we can progress without worrying that she’ll get the final product and wonder what the heck happened!

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:26:25 +0000

This is a great list that highlights an important point – good humor is hard to write!

Personally, I am very cautious about using humor in my writing because I know that what is funny to me might not be funny to someone else.

I’m going to stumble this post to give it a wider audience.