Paper short abstract:

The humorous and mocking songs/caricatures/films/ect. mainly arise as replay on everyday situations. Are observed stereotypes really tipical Slovenian or are they known worldwide?

Paper long abstract:

"What seems intolerable nowadays, was freely used in the past" can be reinterpreted as "what seems intolerable for one, is normal for the others". The humorous and mocking songs/caricatures/films/ect. mainly arise as replay on everyday situations. It is a game of stereotypes. Humor is frequently shared during periods of crisis and can be therefore convinient theme in this particular time.

I would like to take a closer look to the Janez Burgers' short film On the Sunny Side of the Alps (2007; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC6vhtdNs_g) and on the Slovenian popular duet Slon in Sadez ([Elephant and Fruit]; 2001-) . One of their song dealing with situation when Slovenia become a member of Nato. The music video was performed only once, then it was restricted.

Arising questions are: What marks the song/film as funny and mocking one? Is it a content, performer/author, audience or even the place? Can we find some stereotypes only in Slovenian territory or are they spread all over the world?

By the way: for the (folk) songs from the past we can mainly observe only content - analysis of a group of humorous and mocking folk songs from Strekelj's collection (1895-1923) shows that there are cloths and food or eating habits mentioned in the lyrics which are not characteristic for the people of the 'lower class' to whom scholars mainly ascribed the folk song, and are making them funny.