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Dirty jokes are often considered in the society as taboo and expressed only in private; if these dirty jokes are ever expressed in the public, it would be in the form of a comedy show or sitcom. Nevertheless, society is generally not tolerant to the habit of sharing dirty jokes. In fact, in order to be 'successfully' expressed and shared, be it in private or public venues, dirty jokes must be 'metacommunicated.' This means that the communicator who shares the dirty joke must be aware of the current situation and the kind of people (communicators) who would be the recipients of the dirty joke.
The presence of metacommunication is manifested when the deliverer of the dirty joke had successfully shared it to his/her audience and had been duly given a favorable response (signs of receptiveness such as laughter or sharing of another dirty joke from another communicator)....
Moreover, dirty jokes will only be tolerated when a joke was shared if the communicator is aware that the 'kind' of joke s/he will be sharing is acceptable or within the standards of acceptability of his/her audience. Succeeding dirty jokes would then be acceptable if the first one had been received favorably. This illustrates the presence of metacommunication, which was reflected in the communicator / deliverer's awareness of the "rules" of communicating, which is by successfully identifying the tolerance level of his/her audience concerning dirty jokes and sharing it in the proper situation or context (e.g., private gatherings of friends or comedy shows). Absence of metacommunication is evident when the dirty joke is not accepted and the communicator / deliverer receive an unfavorable response through silence or people walking out after the delivery of the dirty joke.
Audiences can ponder the issue of fate when presented with Oedipus, afterlife when thinking of Antigone, and motherhood and marriage when confronted with Medea. Further, modern plays often offer this type of ending as well. For instance, Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie allows audience members to consider the theme of love and romance, superimposed with family. At the end of the story, audience members must contemplate whether Tom should
This echoes life. To others we present as a simple person, perhaps even shallow and one-dimensional. Yet inside we are a mass of interminable twists and turns of plots and subplots. The story must reflect positive morality or, as Aristotle warned, when storytelling goes bad, the result is decadence. As stories become more extravagant and violent, and all the areas of storytelling - acting, stage settings or environments, music,
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