The Importance of Humor in Life

Laughter is an unusual part of life in that sort of sense and so i think that's why people get so upset when you when humor fails basically. It involves a certain disdantiation from emotion which ties into things we were saying earlier about how comedy has been regarded as the less serious art form than tragedy because it doesn't deal with authentic emotion.

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