If you want the really big explosive douche and laughs, you probably want to somehow make people whole whole things out of their unconscious. And that will get the deepest laugh. But this is difficult as a comedian because how don't I then need to delve into my own unconscious to find what that thing is? The best and most important question. So if I want to move my reader, I can't do it by targeting my reader or writing something that I think they'll find moving. I have to, in the writing process, be moved myself. If I'm genuinely moved, that emotion of mine will transmit to them, make their mirror neurons fire. so they feel that feeling inside themselves
What the hell is laughter? Why do we do it, and what is its purpose? This week, psychoanalyst Nuar Alsadir joins Adam to discuss her theories about the origins of laughter, its effect on other people, and its purpose in various scenarios. Buy Nuar’s book at http://factuallypod.com/books
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