Thread: Humour is cruel by definition
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Old 09-07-2007, 10:13 AM   #26
Griff
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Originally Posted by Undertoad View Post
What's cruel about this? (9 mins of classic Hedberg)
There is some self depricating stuff in there, cruelty turned inward. He does do a lot of incongruity stuff though. He exploits the tension between what is said and what exists. comic genius
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