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St. John Morris
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The use of juxtaposition in comedy writing to contrast the beautiful and the ugly and satirise the arseholes who think the phrase cockbreath is, in itself, an indication of a statement which is without any merit.
In comedy writing, juxtaposition can be an effective literary device. It can be used to contrast the beautiful and the ugly, the complex and the simple, and the considered and the unthinking.
Here is example of how I used juxtaposition to parody the use of profanity and toilet humour as a short-cut to humour.
Anyone can say the word "mother f**cker or "sh*t" to get a cheap laugh and this is, perhaps Read more of this blog post »
Here is example of how I used juxtaposition to parody the use of profanity and toilet humour as a short-cut to humour.
Anyone can say the word "mother f**cker or "sh*t" to get a cheap laugh and this is, perhaps Read more of this blog post »
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The Bizarre Letters of St John Morris
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“Run. Flee. Fuck off. Vanish from my presence and take the foul stench of your sordid secret with you.”
― The Bizarre Letters of St John Morris
― The Bizarre Letters of St John Morris
“Next door but one is Quinlan Broddle, a Viceroy with a fear of gardens. So much so that he sold his garden to Virgin Atlantic and his erstwhile front lawn is now a runway where miniature helicopters and packets of crisps undertake sorties to 1940’s Dresden where they have made several dozen unsuccessful attempts to rescue the Quaker Oats man, who is being held captive by the SS on the basis that his hair looks like ice cream.”
― The Bizarre Letters of St John Morris
― The Bizarre Letters of St John Morris
“Next door to the Bensons is Emmet Frag, a retired pacemaker who is credited with inventing the notion of happiness. He’s currently working on a method for categorising ducks based on their singing voice. He’s also the owner of the world’s largest collection of tenor geese.”
― The Bizarre Letters of St John Morris
― The Bizarre Letters of St John Morris
“The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“You little prick. It's a whelk...it's a...it's a...dead whelk!”
― The Bizarre Letters of St John Morris
― The Bizarre Letters of St John Morris
“Run. Flee. Fuck off. Vanish from my presence and take the foul stench of your sordid secret with you.”
― The Bizarre Letters of St John Morris
― The Bizarre Letters of St John Morris
“St John had always been a fan of the RS Turbo, mainly due to the colour coded rear spoiler and air vents in the bonnet, which distinguished it from the more common and less powerful XR3i.”
― The Bizarre Letters of St John Morris
― The Bizarre Letters of St John Morris
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