User blog:Weavillain/What Are Your Thoughts On The Loud House's Brand of Slapstick Humor?

Ever since "Fool's Paradise" aired, it's become more obvious to me that The Loud House's slapstick will have around a 60/40 chance of being received as either a hit or a miss, with the 60% dedicated towards the positive reception side of the coin. And hey, that's almost divisive entirely, right? That means this should be a great open discussion.

Now, what're my thoughts on this show's slapstick? Well, like any trope, it's only as good as its execution and quite frankly, I'd say that the execution is great for the most part. It's grounded enough to not break the entire tone and atompshere of the show's general direction but when it heads over to the over-the-top territory, it's still funny and the effects of the slapstick usually don't linger around enough to create an uncomfortable image. The only exception I can think of is with Lincoln in "April Fools Rules", where he's battered, bruised, and covered with trash. It kinda nullifies the effect of the comedy when a visual of suffering takes root.

I suppose with that sentiment in mind, I can see why some people don't like the slapstick, especially when the gags would result in fatal consequences in real life. Take Leni's driving in "Driving Miss Hazy". We don't actually see what she did on-screen but according to that police officer, she assualted an old woman, didn't use turn signals, and disobeyed the driving speed limit. If she were to do something like that in real life, she could've critically injured or even killed several people in the process of her reckless driving. But I'll bet you that if had seen all that crazy driving for ourselves, none of those things would've occurred...

...and that's the joke. That's the whole point of slapstick; crossing dangerous boundaries without actual, realistic harm taking place. Even if "harm" occurs, it's nothing that a scene transition won't magically heal in time for the next joke.

But beyond that, I just like it when a cartoon, that's not necessarily grounded, pushes the envelope in the slapstick department and creates highly appealing visuals through a spectacle of hijinks that certainly wouldn't go over well in the real world.

So, overall, besides a few nitpicks, I welcome slapstick in The Loud House as a humor trope that never fails to get me to laugh.