However, some cultures consider smoking marijuana as evil. If people have smoked or possessed marijuana in those cultures, they would have to go to prison for a long time or might be executed. Thus, the movie is never shown in those countries. In Gargantua and pantagruel, Rabelais hilariously portrayed about eating beef tripe: "A few moments later she began to groan, lament and cry out. Suddenly crowds of midwives came rushing up from all directions. Feeling and groping her below, they found certain loose shreds of skin, of rather unsavory odor, which they took to be the child. It was, on the contrary, her fundament which had escaped with the mollification of her right intestine (you call it the bumgut) because she had eaten too much tripe, as I explained above (Rabelais, p22)." If people in the present day do not have knowledge about sixteenth century France, they may think it is grotesque and not funny at all because they do not have a custom to eat beef tripe. In the sixteenth century France, there were significant difference between rich and poor. The poor people only could afford to buy tripe and had to eat it in order to survive. Without understanding the context of eating beef tripe, people are not able to understand Rabelais's humor and irony. Thus, the values of laughter differ in each culture, time, and generation. People must understand the backgrounds of jokes in order to enjoy them. .
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It is natural human instinct to make fun of something that people are familiar with. The most popular cartoon today in the US is "The Simpsons." There are thousands of Simpsons sites on the web, and some people feel anxious if they miss any episodes. This fact discloses its popularity. The reason why it has become very popular in the US is that it is reflecting today's American families, and people can relate to it: father loves drinking beer, hates to work, and is irresponsible, and the children enjoy the bloody cartoon, "Icy and Scratchy.
