- 17 Nov 2010 05:45
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Sorry for not explaining my contribution to Satire on the last page. I realize this may have prevented many of you from laughing.
The "humor" is found in the fact that the first panel (which appears for about 2 seconds: you need to pause to read it) states that the current president of Iran did a Masters at the Universite de Sherbrooke in the early 80s, and learned to speak pretty good local French.
The speech is a dubbing of Ahmanjinedad, but in the video, he is alleged to be making a speech to the current grads of the same university. He uses his podium to deny the holocaust using local slang. The dialect he uses is a kind of hick Quebecois redneck macho French. "Moi me vas vous dire" instead of "Je vais vous dire," "La-la crisse..." as a vulgar and meaningless bit of crudeness.
It's funny for two reasons: it mocks the Iranian leader (as he is portrayed in Western media), and it juxtaposes local customs on a foreign and slightly exotic person.
The body gestures that Ahmanjinedad uses are very similar to locals, so this creates the third level of dialogue that makes the satire "work."
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