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Comedy-Tragedy-Pathos Triad
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Only a Joke Can Save Us: A Theory of Comedy · Todd McGowan · p.94
Tragedy and Pathos > The Ego and Its Own Lack
Theoretical move: Comedy requires the simultaneous revelation of both the ideal and its material basis — neither pure transcendence nor pure materiality is comic — and its inherently fleeting structure makes it paradoxically speculative and philosophical, unlike the durable forms of tragedy and pathos.
The dividing line between comedy and pathos, like that between comedy and tragedy, is never ultimately secure… Removing excess renders comedy pathetic, while removing lack turns comedy into tragedy.