![]() However, no-one within the diegesis of the show is being ‘told’ the joke. When Andre asks “do you think she effectively utilized Girl Power by funnelling money into illegal paramilitary death squads in Northern Ireland?” he plays the role of the joke teller, and Mel B, not quite understanding what Northern Irish death squads have to do with Girl Power, is the object, or butt, of the joke. The production of the joke in the clip involves two people instead of three. The show’s basic premise is that Andre interviews celebrities with the intention of creating a wacky and sometimes uncomfortable environment for the interviewees. In The Eric Andre Show, Andre disputes Freud’s theory that the joke scenario involves three people, as the conditions of production and reception are blurred.
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