ASIN: B00SG6YAME
Publisher: d.hues (January 18, 2015)
Pages: 42
On Funny: Laughing at Thwarted EndsWith excerpts from Aphorisms: Volume OneIn which is explored the idea that “humor arises from thwarted ends”."What is funny? What makes funny a scene, a joke, a story, a memory, a person? What has timing to do with a joke? Or misdirection? Why do the cruel laugh at tragedies and the sensitive cry at comedies? Why do jokes expire yet tragedies persist? Why are so many funny people smart yet sad? Why do we tomorrow laugh at what has today wrought sorrow? Can the answers be teased from a single insight: namely, that humor arises from thwarted ends?""To achieve the sought mirth of his trade, the comedian must carefully control the unfolding pace of the audience’s understanding (internal processing) of the joke (external setting) and employ timing in revealing the thwarted end. A shining young comedian is greeted by the illustrious host of a career-making ...
