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Hello, my name is Hunter Rosenthal, and I'm an appreciator of comedy. First though we have to ask, what is comedy? Is it that moment when someone trips, falls down, and hurts themselves? Is it when after carefully retelling a story with such skill that the audience is captivated enough to completely relate to your situation and find humor in it? Or is it just a fart joke? The answer is it's all of them and none of them. Comedy is relative to the beholder. Some people would be dying on the floor of laughter at the person who fell down, others would be horrified and try to help that person back onto their feet. Comedy has many forms: Television programs, movies, jokes, how you're dressed, a simple noise, and much more. It's everywhere, and it's impact is greater than one can suspect. George Orwell once said each joke is a tiny revolution, and I believe he's right, within the right context. Comedy can be a weapon to unsuspectingly disarm your opponents before they even notice. In 2007 during an Opie and Anthony comedy tour, the tour had stopped in Philadelphia, and throughout the entire time they were there the crowd was drunk, rude, booing every performance while enjoying themselves (kind of like how like pranks in the classroom are funny to the students and not the teacher). After every other comedian before him was booed, comedian Bill Burr was already pissed off, and as soon he got on stage too boo's and hisses, he wasn't going to take any of their crap. He started insulting the whole audience. From criticizing their weight, to their mothers, to their sports team, if people started cheering he'd insult something else. He took a group of people who were booing the whole day and got the biggest cheers of the night once he was finished. Comedy slayed this audience before they even noticed. I'll leave the link to the bashing right here... Viewer discretion is advised for people who appreciate certain language.