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Comedy and the Coincidence of Lack and Excess
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Only a Joke Can Save Us: A Theory of Comedy · Todd McGowan · p.51
Lack and Excess > A Trip to the Grocery and the Golf Course
Theoretical move: Comedy is theorized as the structural moment in which lack and excess are revealed to be identical — a coincidence ordinarily repressed by signifying social existence; the joke functions as the return of this repressed identity, making visible the contradiction that defines the subject of the signifier.
Every successful joke confronts us with this link between lack and excess that occurs during comedy... On their own, lack and excess never produce humor. They may lead to pity or awe but not laughter.