Faith's Lead Blog Post Response


Superbad is a classic. To this day my friends and I still do not have the maturity to not make a Superbad reference every so often. The scene where Fogell attempts to buy alcohol is one of the best examples of incongruity theory in the film. First, there was the part where the lady accepts Fogell’s obvious “McLovin” fake ID where many would think he would get rejected. Yet, the store clerk saw passed the fact that Fogell’s ID did not have a last name and that he did not looked a day over his teen years. Then as soon as Fogell was just about to get away with everything, he receives a punch in the face by a burglar. This scene has many ups and downs which keeps the audience on the edge of their seats, hoping that Fogell would bask in glory as he got away with buying alcohol while underaged. Oh how we should have know that Fogell’s luck does not extend to that magnitude. What I also found very coincidental was how Seth’s love for drawing penis’s related so well to Zupancic’s essay on the phallus. There’s no arguing that Seth got really graphic with his drawings of male genitalia. He even incorporated them into historical moments into the world such as Chinas “Tank Man”. Seth’s drawings contained so much detail and creativity that everyone, even females, can’t help but let out a good laugh. Zupancic mentions this exact phenomenon in his essay. Even though women do not possess all the same organs as men, there is something about phallus that everyone takes enjoyment in. In conclusion, Faith chose a great scene from the movie that clearly displays incongruity theory, and also picked the right time to write about Superbad as it pertains to what we have been talking about in class. 

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  1. Zach BuddieNovember 14, 2018 at 11:38 AM

    I completely agree in the sense of consistently referencing the film. I think it's too quotable not to.

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  2. Shane HerronNovember 16, 2018 at 10:18 AM

    Do you think that there's something particularly male about the comedy, but also something that is accessible to women as well? What is it?

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  3. Kaitlin RamsdenNovember 16, 2018 at 12:14 PM

    I liked how you talked about how your friends still reference to movie because it is such a classic. I also enjoyed the fact that you brought in Zupancic to your blog post to tie our class into your post.

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