"... which superiority theories of humor are adequate and also suggest a need for ethnographies of ..."

Technically does the above even make grammatical sense and shouldn't the various "superiority theories" be explained?

Glad I did not borrow $100K (or pay) to write this.

"this article describes how a group of old straight white middle-class men direct improvisational putdowns toward each other and explains how this banter maintains a sense of group solidarity"

Smart guy, especially about the "old straight white middle-class men" - if he'd tried to get that close to a bunch of prison-raised thugs living on the DL we'd probably be reading his obituary.