[Opinion] Laughing Through Time: Comedy in the 20th Century

Laughing Through Time: Comedy in the 20th Century

Comedy originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. Surreal humour(also known as ‘absurdist humour‘), or ‘surreal comedy‘, is a form of humour predicated on deliberate violations of causal reasoning, producing events and behaviors that are obviously illogical. Constructions of surreal humor tend to involve bizarre juxtapositions, incongr…