There's nothing like that sensation you get when you have a burden lifted off your shoulders. The undeniable wave of relief brings a very specific and irreplicable feeling. Relief comes from different scenarios perhaps you'll experience it by getting rest after a long day of work, or maybe from sitting in your seat after barely making it to class on time. But have you thought laughter could come from relief?
Society has many standards, there are do's and don't's, things that are socially acceptable and not. With the social status quo known amongst men, there is in place according to Sigmund Freud, a mental censor. Naturally, most people want to fit in with their society so they stay with the status quo of social norms. To Freud there are times when the burden of social standards are lifted, when that happens the censor that we have to determine what is socially acceptable or not is tricked, that is when and why we laugh. It is the relief of the burden that allows us to laugh. Laughter is what is expressed when we subconsciously allow ourselves to indulge in what society would not approve of. According to Freud, this is why we find vulgar or profane.
This is why many people find Deadpool so amusing. It is very interesting how the supposed superhero can take such a serious and frankly disgusting topics such as killing and death. In the very beginning scene of Deadpool where he counts off the bullets as he kills his foes, he spews sexual innuendos at the point where most humans would be appalled by his actions. Watch this clip and take note of each opportunity that Deadpool has to make a joke where normally it wouldn't be, also take note when you laugh. The theory of relief is a very valid concept that is shown in this clip.
There's nothing like that sensation you get when you have a burden lifted off your shoulders. The undeniable wave of relief brings a very specific and irreplicable feeling. Relief comes from different scenarios perhaps you'll experience it by getting rest after a long day of work, or maybe from sitting in your seat after barely making it to class on time. But have you thought laughter could come from relief?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16-3MiK36Fc
For Freud dark comedy is always the best example of the "relief" element, and this would seem to be a good case. It also mixes with incongruity in interesting ways because here it is the contrast between what he's doing, which is made more grotesque, and his attitude, which is made more lax, that is funny.
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