![]() ![]() My intention, in this article, is only to highlight one aspect of jokes, particularly its relevance in this dreadful time of a pandemic. It is anathema to logic, hostile to analysis. The fact of the matter is that the moment you start analysing or deconstructing a joke the humour evaporates instantly, because fundamentally the joke itself is mocking. His psychoanalytic view evoked much laughter than the joke itself, according to cynics. But his deconstruction of jokes did not evoke much of a response. The clinical psychological aspect was examined initially by Sigmund Freud, who explored it like his dream analysis, seeking its relationship to the unconscious. Spontaneous laughter is a motor reflex produced by the coordinated contraction of numerous facial muscles accompanied by altered breathing, in the science of physiology. What laughter does to the brain is similar to what a sneeze does to the nasal passage, an apt expression pregnant with meaning today. Jokes and associated laughter, it has often been said, are a bit like electro convulsive therapy. In this dreadful time of a pandemic, one is not amazed by the profusion of jokes in the social media, and elsewhere, related to the pandemic, inviting us to dwell on the serious cathartic side of jokes in times of despair. Pethiyagoda’a enjoyable article, ‘Delight of Humour’ (14/7). ![]()
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