Comedy, Meaning and FormRobert Willoughby Corrigan |
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... joke ; anyone who does not penetrate so far is left with a comic story . The same thing applies to the other joke , about the marriage - broker who , in order to answer an objection , ended by confessing the truth with a cry of " But I ...
... joke ; anyone who does not penetrate so far is left with a comic story . The same thing applies to the other joke , about the marriage - broker who , in order to answer an objection , ended by confessing the truth with a cry of " But I ...
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... joke . Does he need even a joke as much as he needs a listener ? Let each of us ask himself why , at a given moment , he wishes to tell a joke . It cannot be because one wishes to be amused by it , since jokes are not amusing the second ...
... joke . Does he need even a joke as much as he needs a listener ? Let each of us ask himself why , at a given moment , he wishes to tell a joke . It cannot be because one wishes to be amused by it , since jokes are not amusing the second ...
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... jokes one after the other . The gen- eral elation is so much more potent than any particular punch line that one may begin to wonder : what is a joke ? As I have said , if one succeeds very well with a first joke , the audience may get ...
... jokes one after the other . The gen- eral elation is so much more potent than any particular punch line that one may begin to wonder : what is a joke ? As I have said , if one succeeds very well with a first joke , the audience may get ...
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