Science of Laughter
The Infinite Monkey Cage
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The Nuance of Comedy
There's an interesting that bit where when people don't find something funny, that the majority find funny. The fury, the demand to say, I've got to persuade you to stop laughing is a fascinating bit of anger. So there's all sorts of stuff, but also there's a kind of physical element to it as well. You play a really large venue,. as Frank, you'll be playing on your two. The character in general. And so the dynamic becomes different, and so you need a change of material, or whatever it is. So these things are all very nuanced, and psychology doesn't deal well with nuances - particularly in the arts.
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