Blog post #6 (So-Young Park)

It was my second time that I’ve watched American comedy; I watched ‘Friends’ series before I watched Roseanne video clip. The atmosphere and theme of the comedy was fun. The television show presents Roseanne family’s daily life, a family involved in the working class. While I watched the video, I was really surprised that Roseanne, the mother and the protagonist of the comedy, can treat her family members and think daily life in such a cool way. Furthermore, I realized and astonished that the perspective of Westerns’ point of view in “fun” and “laughing” is really different from Asians’. While I watched the video, I couldn’t laugh while the other classmates laugh and did laugh alone while the others didn’t laugh. By watching the video, I could learn that there is a cultural difference exists between the Western people and Asian. A fun fact is that, the realization tosses me tips in understanding why Western people often uses joke related to their families and broaden my perspective; I think it’s a good thing to watch several comedies to understand the cultures of U.S.