What's the definition of comedy? Banana. - Addison Anderson

Šta je definicija komedije? Banana. - Edison Enderson (Addison Anderson)

Prevodilac: Tijana Mihajlović Lektor: Mile Živković

What's the definition of comedy?

Šta je definicija komedije?

Thinkers and philosophers from Plato and Aristotle

Mislioci i filozofi od Platona i Aristotela

to Hobbes, Freud, and beyond,

do Hobsa, Frojda i dalje,

including anyone misguided enough

uključujući i bilo koga dovoljno zabludelog

to try to explain a joke,

da proba da objasni šalu,

have pondered it,

razmišljali su o tome,

and no one has settled it.

ali još niko nije našao odgovor.

You're lucky you found this video to sort it out.

Sreća da ste našli ovaj video da to razjasnite.

To define comedy, you should first ask

Da biste definisali komediju, prvo se zapitajte zašto se čini

why it seems comedy defies definition.

da komedija prkosi definiciji. Odgovor je jednostavan.

The answer's simple.

Comedy is the defiance of definition

because definitions sometimes need defiance.

Komedija je suprostavljanje definiciji

jer njoj nekad treba prkos.

Consider definition itself.

Razmislite o samoj definiciji.

When we define, we use language

Kada definišemo, korisitimo jezik

to set borders around a thing

da bismo uredili stvari

that we've perceived in the whirling chaos of existence.

koje vidimo u kovitlavom haosu postojanja.

We say what the thing means

Govorimo o značenju nečega

and fit that in a system of meanings.

i uklapamo to u naš sistem pojmova.

Chaos becomes cosmos.

Haos postaje kosmos.

The universe is translated

Univerzum je preveden

into a cosmological construct of knowledge.

u kosmološki sistem znanja

And let's be honest,

i budimo iskreni,

we need some logical cosmic order,

treba nam neki logični kosmički sled;

otherwise we'd have pure chaos.

u suprotnom bismo imali čist haos.

Chaos can be rough,

so we build a thing that we call reality.

Haos zna da bude naporan,

pa gradimo stvar koju nazivamo - realnost.

Now think about logic and logos,

Sada razmislite o logici i logosu,

that tight knot connecting a word and truth.

taj tesni čvor između reči i istine.

And let's jump back to thinking about what's funny,

Vratimo se da na kratko razmislimo šta je smešno

because some people say it's real simple:

jer neki kažu da je to veoma jednostavno:

truth is funny.

istina je smešna.

It's funny because it's true.

Smešno je jer je istina,

But that's simplistic.

ali to je isuviše pojednostavljeno.

Plenty of lies are funny.

Mnoge laži su smešne.

Comedic fiction can be funny.

Komičarska fikcija može biti smešna.

Made-up nonsense jibberish is frequently hilarious.

Izmišljeno besmisleno lupetanje često je urnebesno smešno.

For instance, florp --

Na primer, prepad florp -

hysterical!

užasno smešno!

And plenty of truths aren't funny.

A mnoge istine nisu smešne.

Dva plus dva je zaista četiri,

Two plus two truly equals four,

but I'm not laughing just because that's the case.

ali ja se ne smejem zbog toga.

You can tell a true anecdote,

Možete prepričati stvarnu anegdotu,

but your date may not laugh.

ali vaš pratilac se možda neće nasmejati.

So, why are some untruths and only some truths funny?

Pa, zašto su neke neistine i samo neke istine smešne?

How do these laughable truths and untruths

Kako su ove zabavne istine i neistine

relate to that capital-T Truth,

povezane sa Istinom - velikim slovom,

the cosmological reality of facts and definitions?

kosmičkom realnošću činjenica i definicija,

And what makes any of them funny?

i šta čini bilo šta od njih smešnim?

There's a Frenchman who can help,

Jedan Francuz bi mogao pomoći,

another thinker who didn't define comedy

još jedan mislilac koji nije definisao komediju

because he expressly didn't want to.

jer izrazito nije želeo da to uradi.

Henri Bergson's a French philosopher

Anri Bergson je francuski filozof

who prefaced his essay on laughter

koji je napisao predgovor o smehu,

by saying he wouldn't define "the comic"

rekavši da ne bi da definiše „komično”

because it's a living thing.

jer je to živa stvar.

He argued laughter has a social function

Tvrdio je da smeh ima društvenu ulogu

da uništi mehaničke neelastične principe

to destroy mechanical inelasticity

in people's attitudes and behavior.

u ljudskom stavu i ponašanju.

Someone doing the same thing over and over,

Kada neko čini istu stvar uvek iznova,

or building up a false image of themself and the world,

ili gradi lažne slike o sebi u svetu,

or not adapting to reality

ili se ne prilagođava realnosti,

by just noticing the banana peel on the ground --

jednostavno primećujući koru banane na podu -

this is automatism,

ovo je automatizam,

ignorance of one's own mindless rigidity,

nepoznavanje neelastičnosti sopstvenog uma,

and it's dangerous

but also laughable

i to je opasno,

ali i smešno,

and comic ridicule helps correct it.

a komično ismevanje pomaže da se to ispravi.

The comic is a kinetic, vital force,

Smešno je kinetička, vitalna sila

or elan vital,

ili elan vital,

that helps us adapt.

koji nam pomaže da se adaptiramo.

Bergson elaborates on this idea

Bergson je razvio ideju

to study what's funny about all sorts of things.

izučavajući smešno u najrazličitijim stvarima.

But let's stay on this.

Zastanimo ovde.

At the base of this concept of comedy is contradiction

Osnova koncepta komičnosti je oprečnost

between vital, adaptive humanity

između vitalnog, prilagodljivog čovečanstva

and dehumanized automatism.

i dehumanizovanog automatizma.

A set system that claims to define reality

Niz sistema vrednosti koji tvrdi kako definiše stvarnost

might be one of those dehumanizing forces

može biti od tih neljudskih sila

that comedy tends to destroy.

koje komedija teži da uništi.

Now, let's go back to Aristotle.

Vratimo se Aristotelu.

Not Poetics, where he drops a few thoughts on comedy,

Ne „Poetici”, u kojoj je nabacao par misli o komediji,

no, Metaphysics,

već „Metafizici”,

the fundamental law of non-contradiction,

osnovnom zakonu neoprečnosti,

the bedrock of logic.

osnovama logike.

Contradictory statements are not at the same time true.

Kontradiktorne izjave nisu u isto vreme tačne.

If A is an axiomatic statement,

Ako je A aksiomatska izjava,

it can't be the case

that A and the opposite of A are both true.

ne može biti

da su i A i suprotna A izjava tačne.

Comedy seems to live here,

Čini se da komedija živi ovde,

to subsist on the illogic

da opstaje na nelogičnosti

of logical contradiction and its derivatives.

logične kontradiktornosti i njenim derivatima.

We laugh when the order we project on the world

Smejemo se kada je red koji projektujemo na svet

is disrupted and disproven,

poremećen i pobijen,

like when the way we all act

kao kada je način na koji se ponašamo suprotan istinama

contradicts truths we don't like talking about,

o kojima ne volimo da pričamo,

or when strange observations we all make

ili kada su čudna zapažanja koja svi imamo

in the silent darkness of private thought

u tihoj tmini privatnih misli

are dragged into public by a good stand-up,

izvučena u javnost kroz dobar stendap šou,

and when cats play piano,

i kada mačke sviraju klavir

because cats that are also somehow humans

jer mačke koje su i ljudi na neki način

disrupt our reality.

remete našu stvarnost.

So, we don't just laugh at truth,

Dakle, ne smejemo se samo istini;

we laugh at the pleasurable, edifying revelation of flaws,

smejemo se prijatnim, poučnim razotkrivanjima mana,

incongruities,

overlaps,

nepodudarnostima,

and outright conflicts

preklapanjima

i čistim sukobima

in the supposedly ordered system of truths

u naizgled uređenom sistemu istina

we use to define the world and ourselves.

koji koristimo da definišemo svet i sebe.

When we think too highly of our thinking,

Kada imamo previsoko mišljenje o svom mišljenju,

when we think things are true

just because we all say they're logos and stop adapting,

kada mislimo da su stvari tačne

samo zato što svi kažemo da su logične i neprikosnovene,

we become the butt of jokes played on us

postajemo predmet podsmeha, a nama se igra

by that wacky little trickster, chaos.

taj uvrnuti mali prevarant - haos.

Comedy conveys that destructive, instructive playfulness,

Komedija prenosi tu destruktivnu, poučnu razigranost,

but has no logical definition

ali nema logičnu definiciju

because it acts upon our logic

jer deluje na našu logiku

paralogically

paralogično,

from outside its finite borders.

van njenih krajnjih granica.

Far from having a definite definition,

Daleko od toga da ima definitivnu definiciju,

it has an infinite infinition.

ona ima beskrajnu nedovršenost.

And the infinition of comedy

Beskrajnost komedije je

is that anything can be mined for comedy.

da se bilo šta može podvrgnuti komediji.

Thus, all definitions of reality,

Stoga, sve definicije stvarnosti,

especially those that claim to be universal,

posebno one koje tvrde da su univerzalne,

logical,

logične,

cosmic,

kosmičke,

capital-T Truth

sa velikim „i” u „Istini”,

become laughable.

postaju smešne.