In Conclusion...

I have learned so much from this class. Through doing my project on Jerry Seinfeld, I saw a side to him that I would have never previously seen. Not necessarily in a bad way but, I do not think I will ever be able to look at him the same. I did learn some things about him that almost made me not like him--the fact that he has the world's largest porsche collection makes him come across as a jerk. If I were as rich as Jerry Seinfeld, I'm sure I would have my fair share of expensive things, but I would never go as far as to own the world's largest porsche collection. Also, with watching "Comedian," the documentary following Jerry Seinfeld around in his most vulnerable moments, and in my opinion, he came across as a jerk in that film as well. It was interesting to see his stand-up acts and apply the theories of comedy we studied in class to his routines, but it also revealed things about him that made me have a different point of view of him. This doesn't make his routine less funny by any means, it just gave me a different outlook on Jerry Seinfeld. I also realized how hard stand-up and comedy in general really is. In "Comedian," Jerry Seinfeld was talking about his upcoming acts and how he incoroporated new stuff vs old stuff and it showed how studious he was before he went on stage and even showed Jerry Seinfeld completely messing up his act and not being able play it off. Since he was so famous, however, he was not boo-ed off the stage. I also saw how hard it was with my own experience in our final exam stand-up routine. I sat for at least two hours beforehand studying my notes of what I was going to say. It will now be hard for me to watch any routine and not try to apply some sort of theory to it--but it is very interesting getting to see those theories play out in real life.