Jake Flores - Jokes & the Unconscious
Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour
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The Expectations of Humor and Discussion of Comedy Writing
In this chapter, they discuss their initial expectations of the book being funny based on the topic of jokes and the unconscious. They mention a previous book by Freud that they found funnier and discuss his ability to write humorously despite the clinical and dry nature of his writing. They also mention the misconception about comedy and the frustration with people trying to define and analyze it. Finally, they speculate on how reading the book might influence their own comedy writing.
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