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WORTH: 10 points DUE: Tuesday August 1, at classtime LENGTH: About 3-4 pages (700-1,000 words) View the movie THE ARISTOCRATS. ((NOTE: CAUTION - this movie is about "the filthiest joke in the world.") If you are easily offended, this might not be for you. 1. Summarize what the movie is about 2. Is it really about a "dirty joke?" 3. What makes the joke funny? 4. The movie's subtext isn't about jokes, but about something else. What is that "something else?" (that is, what do you learn about culture, status, bonding, "rites of passage" -- in short, what SOCIOLOGICAL insights can you take from the movie if you were going to lecture on it without address the joke itself?
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