Tasteless Jokes

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 5,6

Welcome!

Please write down everything you know about the following topic ...

Goals for today

Practice speaking and listening

Learn some more about the topic of laughter/humor

Form your own opinion on acceptable topics for jokes

What did this joke refer to, and why was Will Smith particularly offended by it?

Do you think Will Smith was justified in slapping Chris Rock?

1. Yes, he was trying to defend his wife
2. No, violence is never acceptable
3. Other (please explain)

Are there topics that are too serious to joke about?

1. Yes, some things should never be joked about
2. No, it is only a joke after all

What are topics it's
unacceptable
to joke about?

Truly Tasteless Jokes

What kinds of jokes do you expect in this book?

What do you expect the author of this book to be like?

Let's listen and fill in the worksheet

Discuss with your partner:

• Is the author the kind of person you expected them to be?
• Do you think books like Truly Tasteless Jokes should be published? Why (not)?
• Is it ethical for the author to make (a lot of) money off a book that's designed to insult and ridicule certain people?
• Do you think our attitude to these jokes has changed? Are these jokes more or less acceptable now than they were in the past?
  

Worksheet

Work with a partner

Do the exercises on the worksheet

We'll discuss afterwards

Thank you!

See you next week!