The readings said that laugh tracks are there to make
insecure know when it is alright to laugh. I think everyone has been watching a
movie with someone who laughs at the parts that aren't meant to be funny. If
you take the laugh tracks out I think the majority of people would sill know
when the movie or TV show is trying to be funny. If the laugh tracks were
replaced with something like dramatic music though it would kind of make
something maybe a little more depressing like this clip from Two and a Half
Men.
I personally don’t have a problem with laugh tracks. When I
watched this clip I was laughing because it felt like it was trying to be sad.
Laugh tracks don't bother me either I kind of like the idea in the readings that the laugh tracks are like intercoms in the Americans living rooms and we can hear people laughing from all across the country, it isn't true but I like the thought. I really like this clip though I think the dramatic music might even add more humor then the laugh tracks!
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