Armstrong and Miller- RAF Pilots D-day:

Armstrong and Miller- RAF Pilots D-day:

The writer of this piece of media plays with the language of this sketch to create entertainment through mixing up the register with the setting. By creating a ‘mashed up’ socialect it creates comedy. Through the characters saying things such as ‘it’s all sandy, or pebbly or some shit like that’ it creates a funny effect as it is not something that you would expect a person of that time period to be saying. It also doesn’t go with their strong English accent, as you wouldn’t expect these sorts of ‘old fashioned’ people to be saying the sort of things that are used in this sketch, especially not Tabboo words. The sort of grammar that they are using in this piece is almost ‘chavy’ and ‘common’ whereas the characters in this do not come across as these types of people. It creates comedy through surprising the audience in giving them something that they did not expect.

They also use certain socialect such as ‘aint’ and ‘bled’. These words are predominantly used in the 20^th century and would not be expected to be heard in the era that this sketch was set in. Therefore it creates comedy; due to the fact that if this sketch was ‘realistic’ it would not have the main characters using this sort of language. It’s almost as if they have taken two different eras and mixed them together in terms of what they are saying and how they say it. The accent of the characters goes with the setting but what is actually being said does not.

The writer also creates comedy through jokes that the characters are saying. When the ‘Captain’ says “We’re nearly there, aren’t you going to black your faces?”  Miller replies with “Do I look like a mad racist?” and then Armstrong joins in with “This isn’t the olden times man, this is nowadays, you need to get some diversity training”. This is an example of irony, due to the fact that the majority of people in that era would have been moderately racist, whereas Armstrong and Miller are acting shocked by the ‘supposed’ racism said by the ‘captain’ even though it was not meant as a racist remark. Also the fact that Armstrong says “This isn’t the olden times man” creates comedic effect as too us (the audience) it is the ‘olden times’.