Serious Comedy

Picture this, one professor with all the knowledge in the world about the subject, teaches you in a class observing pin-drop silence, or a professor with just enough knowledge( at least more than you) teaching you while slipping in his wise cracks in between. Whose class will you attend?

When we sit with our friends, there is always an element of humor prevalent, be it at the expense of your boss, your neighbor or your friend. Knowingly or unknowingly comedy leaves an irreplaceable impression on our minds. So am I saying that a comedy of Govinda influences us more than a serious and all exposing movie of Madhur Bhandarkar?. NO!, what I am trying to say is that when comedy comes out with the purpose of influencing a mind, it is more successful in the long run than an all out serious movie. Let me prove my point here, Madhur Bhandakar has always had a gay character in his movies but it when Abhishek and John who tickled our funny bone in Dostana with their gay act that lead to the acceptance of gay relationships in the society.

Now have a look at most of our leaders, one of the most popular leader Laloo Prasad Yadav is famous for his wise cracks and always has a large scale following despite his non performing government. I will agree that  he did miracles with our railways,no doubt, but other than that his portfolio has a more prominent Chara Ghotala than a road development. So I guess all we have to do is to keep good humor among the general population and you have a mass leader. Now lets also look at Raj Thackrey, he has risen among the major political players in Maharashtra in the past few years and does have a mass following. If we listen to his speeches, he always adds the humor element to his criticism (look at his answer to the CM Ashok Chavan's rant and you will surely add a point to my case). If my point on Raj Thackrey doesnt convince you, lets not go too far, think of Balasaheb Thackrey. He was a cartoonist, and started a political revolution in Maharashtra with his cartoon strip Marmik.

Let me ask you one question. Are all Sardars stupid? No, but well the amount of Sardar jokes circulating, isnt it difficult to imagine an intelligent Sardar ( obviously there are exceptions and our prime minister is one of them). See unknowingly the entire nation has made an opinion about sardars without any major campaign!. Thats the power of a laugh. There are many more points to add and I haven't even started on Charlie Chaplin. His work during the depressing periods of World Wars catapulted him to immortality and his downfall was a serious movie ( he was asked to leave USA a country of his residence for more than three decades due to his movie with heavy political undercurrents)

So what was the reason for me to write this post. The only thing what I wanted to say is that, it doesn't take tears, blood or money to start a revolution, all you need is a hearty laugh