In some instances dumb humor is the most effective in certain situations. Characters being oblivious to the current world and their actions provide a comic satisfaction for the audience because of its absence of common sense. Modern Family portrays the average “modern family” with a bit of funny characteristics to illuminate the inner humorous traits in each character. In Modern Family, Luke expresses absurdly, an oblivious manner, and devious characterization to achieve comic satisfaction through his ridiculous and unpredictable actions.
Throughout the show Luke plays an oblivious character who only thinks one step at a time. He never processes his decisions and actions in his head and just acts on instinct and nature. His thoughts are completely random and absurd. Quotes like “can we launch humans?” that suggest that his mental capacity is a bit slow compared to normal child.
Oblivious manner is a part of Luke that makes him funny. His straight forward attitude expresses his inner thoughts no matter how ridiculous they are. His mind has no filter so all of the random thoughts the every human has but has the sense to hold back, Luke actually say.
