As long as we're on the subject of visual rhetoric, can you see why this would be called a visual pun? I would love to collect more of these. Contributions accepted and rewarded. (In fact, I've just received a first contribution from Efroni, which I'll post here. If I get more, I'll start a page for them on our google website. Maybe you can come up with some that don't have anything to do with hair.)
The real point is that some of what... maybe even much of ... what goes on in language ... certain rhetorical shenanigans ... goes on in music and in the visual arts. This includes jokes.
What do you think a musical joke would be like? Mozart has actually written one. You can listen to all 20 minutes of it (I guess it's a shaggy dog story kind of joke) at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFPoRmsiFzc You probably won't get the joke unless you're familiar with classical music. The idea is that the music is very simple-minded, cliched and repetitious. Also, it has a lot of trouble ending. But if you listen to the last couple of minutes, you'll get the idea. For more modern versions of musical jokes, listen to the Beatle's Rocky Raccoon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNRH7_Kd5Yc or Jimi Hendrix's version of Wild Thing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qut6Pw0FdTk (The Hendrix is half sneering joke, half pure virtuosity.)
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