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07-01-2012, 10:02
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We’ve been thinking quite a bit recently about the subjectivity of taste (http://boakandbailey.com/2011/11/28/we-will-never-taste-what-you-taste/) and continued* the discussion last night over our Friday night beers.
Have you ever had a conversation about comedy where someone has tried to tell that something you like ‘isn’t funny’? We’ve always found this infuriating. If you laugh from your belly at an act, TV show or film, then that means it’s funny, full stop.
It might not be fashionable, and people might argue that it’s not clever, or well-made, or make any one of a number of other critical observations, but what they can’t say is that it’s not funny.
And, with beer, the equivalent non-negotiable reaction is probably excitement. If you find something exciting, that’s something no-one can argue you out of. They might question your standards — “You found that exciting? Really? Then you need to try…” — or note that the beer you’re buzzing about is exciting despite its flaws, but they can’t deny the thrill you felt on putting your nose into the glass and the stuff itself into your gob.
Check out Zak’s reaction to Rooster’s Babyfaced Assassin at 5:34 into the video here (http://thebeerboy.blogspot.com/2011/09/now-drinking-roosters-baby-faced.html). You can’t argue with that, even if you think the beer is pretentious, elitist, overblown, etc..
More... (http://boakandbailey.com/2012/01/07/dont-tell-us-whats-funny/)
We’ve been thinking quite a bit recently about the subjectivity of taste (http://boakandbailey.com/2011/11/28/we-will-never-taste-what-you-taste/) and continued* the discussion last night over our Friday night beers.
Have you ever had a conversation about comedy where someone has tried to tell that something you like ‘isn’t funny’? We’ve always found this infuriating. If you laugh from your belly at an act, TV show or film, then that means it’s funny, full stop.
It might not be fashionable, and people might argue that it’s not clever, or well-made, or make any one of a number of other critical observations, but what they can’t say is that it’s not funny.
And, with beer, the equivalent non-negotiable reaction is probably excitement. If you find something exciting, that’s something no-one can argue you out of. They might question your standards — “You found that exciting? Really? Then you need to try…” — or note that the beer you’re buzzing about is exciting despite its flaws, but they can’t deny the thrill you felt on putting your nose into the glass and the stuff itself into your gob.
Check out Zak’s reaction to Rooster’s Babyfaced Assassin at 5:34 into the video here (http://thebeerboy.blogspot.com/2011/09/now-drinking-roosters-baby-faced.html). You can’t argue with that, even if you think the beer is pretentious, elitist, overblown, etc..
More... (http://boakandbailey.com/2012/01/07/dont-tell-us-whats-funny/)