Have you ever noticed how some things may seem very simple, but are actually quite complex when analyzed further. A great example of this is music. What do you think of when you hear the word music? Thinking about that new hit from your favorite artists like Fall Out Boy, Lil Wayne or Katy Perry? On the other hand, maybe you think of old geezers playing violins and real instruments in an orchestra. Maybe music isn't as simple as you thought? There is rhythm, tempo, meter, sound, dynamics, harmonies, keys, tempo and so much more. In a more general sense, music has various genres, but what exactly makes certain artists part of a genre. What is the difference between Alternative and Indie, or Hip-Hop and Rap, or Blues and Jazz? To answer your questions you need to look deeper and find out how things are classified. Just like music, comedy has many different genres. But what is comedy? Is he that funny looking kid who gets teased at school? Is this complete nonsense? Is it the humiliation of others that builds your hypocrisy? Comedy is “the humorous or entertaining aspects of something” as defined by my dictionary widget. While I like this definition of comedy, in general, I don't like how the definition uses the root word humor in the definition. Humor is very similar to comedy in the sense that it is a word that cannot be easily explained or defined. The widget defines humor as “the ability to perceive…or appreciate a joke.” Again, another good definition, but again I completely disagree with it. This definition implies that humor comes only from jokes, which is certainly not the case. In an effort to discover what comedy truly entails, we must identify and understand where… middle of paper… we have power over others/situations, or that unexpected circumstances bring us. Maybe it's just one, or maybe it's a combination of the three. However, the humor we find in things is what allows us to understand why we think things are funny. The humorous aspect that we can identify in the three categories is what can be considered the comedy of the situation. Next time you find something funny, think about what humor is being used and why it's funny to you. It might just be in one of the categories after taking a deeper look. Works Cited Aaron Smuts. "Humor." Encyclopedia of philosophy on the Internet. 2006. September 14, 2008. http://www.iep.utm.edu/h/humor.htm. “Comedy.” Oxford American Dictionaries widget. 2008 “Humor”. Oxford American Dictionaries widget. 2008Music. Wikipedia. September 15, 2008. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music.