PANIRONY A PAIN WITH A SMILE AND A SHRUG

• Published in: The Post-traumatic Theatre of Grotowski and Kantor p. 244
• Main Author: MAGDA ROMANSKA
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Anthem Press 15.12.2012
• Subjects: Anthropology; Applied anthropology; Applied arts; Arts; Behavioral sciences; Cognitive psychology; Communications; Communicative content; Cradles; Crimes against humanity; Criminal law; Criminal offenses; Cultural anthropology; Cultural customs; Decorative arts; Emotion; Emotional states; Entertainment; Ethnic groups; Ethnography; Ethnology; Ethnoreligious groups; Fear; Furniture; Holidays; Holocaust; Humor; Jewish culture; Jewish humor; Jewish peoples; Jewish studies; Jokes; Law; Leisure studies; Pathos; Performing arts; Practical jokes; Psychology; Purim; Recreation; Religious holidays; Rhetoric; Rhetorical devices; Social sciences; Theater
• ISBN: 9780857285164; 0857285165

Dead Classsuccessfully combines horror and humor, pathos and the grotesque. Its moments of horror are reinforced by humor; moments of pathos are reinforced by the grotesque. Without an understanding of the context and meaning of what the actors say, the humor is lost, and the delicate line between pathos and grotesque turns into sentimentality.³⁸² Writing about Witkiewicz’s humor, for example, Artur Sandauer asks: “What is Witkacy’s humor about? What does it make fun of ? After all, all laughter is laughter at something. To answer this question: Witkacy’s humor, foremost, makes fun of realism. […] The second object of