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Theories of Comedy

Why Theory

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Alenka Zupantic's Comedy Is the Short Circuit

Comedy occurs when the universal becomes concrete, he says. He cites Alenka Zupantic's theory of short circuits as a key point. But his only thing is that any form of excess gets meets some kind of lack and then we get exposed to that - something triggers us for comedy.

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