Funny / American History X

• Seth in general, really.
  • His act of discrimination against a black jelly bean: the guy is so racist he won't even eat a black piece of candy.
  • His enthusiasm when he's singing along to the racist rendition of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". It's as if that scene was thrown in just to show how pathetic he is.
  • Pointing a gun at Derek Gangsta Style may be an unintentional example of humor, given just how racist he is. Bonus points for how Derek almost effortlessly disarms him afterwards, as if to once again showcase just how utterly useless Seth is.
• In Derek's prison flashbacks where we expect to see him come up against the black gangs for his actions outside - 'Don't fuck with me, 'aight? 'Cause I'm the most dangerous man in this prison. You know why? 'Cause I control the underwear.'
  • Also Lamont's "KKK" impression. Derek has to try VERY hard not to crack up. He does succeed in this, but we can definitely tell that it was an epic effort on his part.
• Speaking of the Klan, they get bashed by both Derek (who even as a neo-Nazi considered himself too classy to associate with them) and Lamont (who delivers the aforementioned monologue making fun of the Klan's dumb hick stereotypes). The Klan is so despicable that even in a movie about white supremacy, they get no respect!
• Lamont's "angry sex" monologue. This time, he actually gets through Derek's armor and they both end up laughing.
• Cameron Alexander is thoroughly evil, and his threat to corrupt Danny into taking Derek's place is very much Adult Fear territory. But it's darkly funny when this Faux Affably Evil old man unexpectedly calls the hyper-masculine Derek a "whiny pussy".
• An intense sex scene with Derek and Stacy is made hilarious when we see she's completely naked but left her combat boots on. Her loud squealing makes it even funnier.
• In a deleted scene, Cameron and Seth are eating at a restaurant on the pier after Derek abandons the Disciples of Christ. Cameron starts to stroke Seth's ego about what a good part of the gang Seth has become, and suggests it's time he take on a leadership role. He tells Seth that he needs to change his image (basically telling him to turn into Derek), and we see Cam's manipulation skills in action...and then Seth says he wants to make a musical comedy white supremacist promotional video. Cam just stares at Seth blankly for several seconds, no doubt realizing how hard it might actually be to replace Derek.