Wanna Bicker about/discuss humor in erotic art?

[THROBBS]

This is possibly just a personal take but, for me, any humour sits extremely badly with erotic intent... and I mean extremely. Writing or drawing, irrelevant. The two ideas seem to cancel each other, i.e. they are mutually antagonistic. I wouldn't waste my time trying to incorporate the two into one 'production'.

Everyone has their own quirks.

I am serious about sex, but it should be fun...and if you've ever looked at cocks, they are hilarious! (and cool).

Ever see/read "Little Annie Fanny", a comic which frequently appeared in Playboy magazine.

 

[000zing]

Ever tried to get even the slightest bit aroused when having a good ol' belly laugh? Or, to laugh (sincerely) in the middle of arousal?

I rest my case.

The two just don't go together. You can force them to... but then either the one or the other will triumph as regards its effect on the perceiver, the other one ignored or forgotten.

It's simply not worth the effort.

 

[THROBBS]

Ever tried to get even the slightest bit aroused when having a good ol' belly laugh? Or, to laugh (sincerely) in the middle of arousal?

I rest my case.

The two just don't go together. You can force them to... but then either the one or the other will triumph as regards its effect on the perceiver, the other one ignored or forgotten.

It's simply not worth the effort.

You can rest your case for your view. That's quite alright.

However, the focus of the topic is humor in erotic art.
I can feel "aroused" by erotic art, but rarely get an erection just looking.
I can also acknowledge multiple feelings that are provoked by imagery.
I realize that I am not going to convince you that you can or should.

 

[PennyThompson]

Ever tried to get even the slightest bit aroused when having a good ol' belly laugh? Or, to laugh (sincerely) in the middle of arousal?

I rest my case.

The two just don't go together. You can force them to... but then either the one or the other will triumph as regards its effect on the perceiver, the other one ignored or forgotten.

It's simply not worth the effort.

I don't think that's a universal experience. Personally, for me, arousal and humor are inextricably linked and giggling and having fun before, during, and after sex is kind of a requirement...

But my experience is obviously also not a universal one

 

[Reenigam]

Ever tried to get even the slightest bit aroused when having a good ol' belly laugh? Or, to laugh (sincerely) in the middle of arousal?

I rest my case.

The two just don't go together. You can force them to... but then either the one or the other will triumph as regards its effect on the perceiver, the other one ignored or forgotten.

It's simply not worth the effort.

Yes - and really I'd be amazed if many people felt otherwise.

I can understand the natural wish of both artists and writers to enliven their work somehow - and humour probably suggests itself as an obvious channel. But it does seem to me like a false approach, not really thought through.

Some artists may possibly have become carried away with a cartoony style of drawing (cartoons having originated, after all, in comedy/lampooning contexts) and gone that one step further into trying to meld comedy and eroticism.

Indeed they can try - but as you say there can't be many viewers/readers who would be simultaneously aroused AND cracked up as a result!

 

[THROBBS]

That's funny..... WOAH! and gave me a boner!

 

[LargoKitt]

This is possibly just a personal take but, for me, any humour sits extremely badly with erotic intent... and I mean extremely. Writing or drawing, irrelevant. The two ideas seem to cancel each other, i.e. they are mutually antagonistic. I wouldn't waste my time trying to incorporate the two into one 'production'.

I can see how you might feel humor would 'kill the buzz'. OTOH, a memory of early dates in a car, getting past all the zips and snaps and hooks, and the awkwardness of the space... Unless one could laugh at the silliness of it, one would just have to quit. Sex in senior years is often the same. Lots of off and wait. One, at the very least, has to roll with the rough and tumble of the whole business.

 

[000zing]

I can see how you might feel humor would 'kill the buzz'.

In spades...

... and the reason you can 'see' it is that it's a complete no brainer.

Many would think it would be nice to have funfairs and rides at a Formula 1 race.

Absolutely... but you wouldn't have them on the race track...

 

[LargoKitt]

In spades...

... and the reason you can 'see' it is that it's a complete no brainer.

Many would think it would be nice to have funfairs and rides at a Formula 1 race.

Absolutely... but you wouldn't have them on the race track...

Ah, but now you have revealed how you enjoy sex. But there are many who want a thrilling roller coaster and a funfair within 'walking distance' in one evening. A lot depends on who your partner is.

 

[TheWorldBuilder]

In spades...

... and the reason you can 'see' it is that it's a complete no brainer.

Many would think it would be nice to have funfairs and rides at a Formula 1 race.

Absolutely... but you wouldn't have them on the race track...

Humour and titillation can't work together? It's a complete no brainer? Yet some of the most popular older films are the likes of 'Carry On....' and 'Up Pompeii'. Then there's the rich theatre tradition of Whitehall farce and an even longer one of saucy seaside postcards. As @THROBBS has tried to explain numerous times in this thread, arousal is possible without a full blown erection. The former is a mental state and the latter a physical one.

 

[THROBBS]

I can understand how, if someone was laughed at for their small, funny shaped cock or their pitiful performance, might have an aversion to anything sexual being connected to laughter or humor. We all develop unique phobias or fetishes based on our experiences.

None of it is "universal".

 

[PennyThompson]

Being laughed at during sexy times is definitely not great... Unless you're into humiliation stuff, in which case you might love it!

Which just goes to show how personal and subjective this kind of thing is, humans are so weird and great

 

[000zing]

Ah, but now you have revealed how you enjoy sex. But there are many who want a thrilling roller coaster and a funfair within 'walking distance' in one evening. A lot depends on who your partner is.

But you do have to leave your Maclaren-Mercedes and make that walk...

You can't have both at the same time. Full stop.

 

[PennyThompson]

You can't have both at the same time. Full stop.

Well, no. You can't. Other people can, other people are telling you that they do, I'm one of them

It's personal preference and taste and experience, it's not a universal law.

 

[000zing]

Well, no. You can't. Other people can, other people are telling you that they do, I'm one of them

It's personal preference and taste and experience, it's not a universal law.

No, they're telling me, just as you are, that they like the two juxtaposed. That is different from simultaneity. There are many things in life that you can't do at the same time. This is one such case. You can't have the fairground on the race track. They are mutually exclusive.

 

[PennyThompson]

No, they're telling me, just as you are, that they like the two juxtaposed. That is different from simultaneity. There are many things in life that you can't do at the same time. This is one such case. You can't have the fairground on the race track. They are mutually exclusive.

But... But I can laugh while being aroused, I can feel humor and amusement and arousal at the same time

 

[THROBBS]

"Full Stop."

You keep using that term. I do not think it means what you think it means.


The discussion is about humor in erotica.
NOT humor during sex, though that is adjacent.

 

[LargoKitt]

"Full Stop."

You keep using that term. I do not think it means what you think it means.


The discussion is about humor in erotica.
NOT humor during sex, though that is adjacent.

Yup. I am writing a story about sex in a senior center. Lends itself to a certain risibility. Might it be a buzzkill for one-hand Sam or Sally who come here to...well, come, here. But I can envision a senior couple reading the story together, getting their giggles and some stirring down below and proceeding to follow on with a bit of slap and tickle. Everyone to her own taste said the old lady as she kissed the cow. Full stop. And I'm not writing about periods.

 

[LargoKitt]

Yup. I am writing a story about sex in a senior center. Lends itself to a certain risibility. Might it be a buzzkill for one-hand Sam or Sally who come here to...well, come, here. But I can envision a senior couple reading the story together, getting their giggles and some stirring down below and proceeding to follow on with a bit of slap and tickle. Everyone to her own taste said the old lady as she kissed the cow. Full stop. And I'm not writing about periods.

Oh, and now I am writing about periods. Some might argue that sex (written or practiced) cannot be mixed with menstruation, or violence, or scatology, or golden showers without absolutely spoiling the fun. Others would say, "What? Huh? That's exactly what gets me off." How is laughs any diff?

 

[000zing]

"Full Stop."

You keep using that term. I do not think it means what you think it means.


The discussion is about humor in erotica.
NOT humor during sex, though that is adjacent.

You are dealing with a languages adept. The term "full stop" means exactly what I think it means, at least here in England where we speak English.

"Erotic" means arousing sexually. Perhaps you did not know that. The overwhelming majority of people would not be able simultaneously to find themselves both sexually aroused and engaged in fits of laughter.

Of course there is on the one hand the intent to arouse and, on the other, the artistic-imaginative skill actually to produce the eponymous arousal. We should not take it for granted that an artist always achieves what he intends. Should that intent fail, then yes indeed, a cartoony, comic effect can do its stuff and have us all laughing our socks off...

 

[THROBBS]

Hee hee.

Apparently there will be "no full stop". (Not from ME, anyway.)

So sorry, the title of the thread is specific about

humor in erotic art VISUAL art.​

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Furthermore "Humor: is not limited to "fits of laughter"​

"Sexual arousal" has many degrees, Mr. Adept.​

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(I suspect that some folk are not familiar with "The Princess Bride")​

More bicker than discuss.