Treating a mundane subject with unwarranted pomp and circumstance is pretty much a comedy staple.
Bathos. Deliberately invoked register clash.
It can be flipped the other way, too, when a high status person suddenly adopts a low status register.
Treating a mundane subject with unwarranted pomp and circumstance is pretty much a comedy staple.
Bathos. Deliberately invoked register clash.
It can be flipped the other way, too, when a high status person suddenly adopts a low status register.