There is a relation between humor and violence. Humor acts to trigger violent instincts, but redirect them into laughter. Laughter is an alternative to violence. It is why so many comedians report that humor was their defense against bullying. I just watched a video of John Cleese yesterday talking about this.
And in situations of chronic suspense, such as the unholy triumvirate so assiduously cultivated by Leftist propagandists, in which members of the cult continually feel anger towards the other, shame in who they are as individuals, and a fear of life which is only managed by inclusion in the group, no genuine laughter is possible. Their humor consists in “he was so stupid because he was a RACIST”. Ha , ha, ha. Seriously, watch Colbert through that prism. He is no doubt clever, but almost all his humor consists in insulting one group, and thereby affirming for everyone else they are in the right place, with the right people, and that they believe the right things, which assuages, for that moment, their anxiety d’etre.
And we have all encountered cruel laughter, laughter at the suffering of someone or something else. It is the laughter of sadists. What provokes this laughter? The relief they feel at being able to act out their violent impulses, brought on by continual amygdala hyperactivation. Laughter is always a relaxation. It is a full body contraction, followed by a feeling better, more relaxed, happier.
To take one concrete example, Book of Mormon is hilarious because it puts into full view so many things we continue to feel some taboos about. Racism, lying, people who don’t fit in, Clits, penises, anuses, homosexuality, whiteness, theodicy.
The trick is to walk this line between fully unexpected–which feels like an ambush, and which is thus a sort of violence–and the actually brutal. It is a hard line to walk, and I do feel like most comedians most likely do have a lot of latent aggression in them for this reason.
And I think this explains why the Jews are so fucking funny. One, they are always on the defensive, and have been for 2 thousand years. Two, they have so many rules, they need to poke fun at them from time to time. Three, they have had so much grief, they have needed something to pull them back.
I can’t go farther on this line at the moment. My brain just froze up.