Paper and analysis of Zadie Smith essay

Prior to examining the Zadie Smith essay in class i thought i was going to do my paper on something different. After examining the questions posed for the Zadie Smith essay that we were supposed to blog about on tuesday (oops i did them out of order) i think i may do my essay on the question of humor in america versus humor in britain in response to Smith's analysis in the essay. That may appear a very broad topic, i do not deny that it is, but, i can relate to the whole death is funny thing and anihilistic humor Harvey always advocated. I believe humor is Britain is focused on issues of class while humor in america is focused more on issues of race because of our societal differences. America is the melting pot of the world blah, blah, blah stuff. Britain has a different government and such. Also Britain focuses on humor of death, marrying with Zadie's metaphors and symbolisms of comedians killing it or dying on stage, while America focuses on humor of sex and gender differences. Zadie Smith's essay killed it for me. :) i thought it was awesomely funny and can relate entirely to the issues of class. I, being from a low class of Germans in Appalachia Ohio, lived in an area where money and names were important. I guess as important as you can be for the podunk, diversity-less, methodist community Circleville. If you've never been there don't plan to. Anti-abortion rallies everywhere, the church is held in our high school, and scholarships are only given to those affiliated with the community and church. Class mattered, unlike the equally podunk heart of Ohio where I and most of you live now- Athens. I understand why the humor of class served as an equalizer in her family. It made issues that were not fun to talk about fun to laugh about. The rich could laugh at the poor and the ridiculously pompous way they are depicted and the poor could laugh at the pompous rich and the grungy careless way they are depicted. So i guess my essay will be on humor in different societies related to Zadie Smith's essay...what do you think? Should i stick with my previous idea?