No laughing matter: Normal and abnormal humour collide as we reflect on The Joker
2019’s Joker was about a failed comedian, Arthur Fleck. He tells people he has a laughing disorder, most likely based on what is known as pseudobulbar affect.
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Why jokes flourish as social life and travel is ‘cancelled’ due to the coronavirus
Almost immediately after the first case of Covid-19 was confirmed in South Africa, the jokes started. From memes featuring prominent politicians to bad puns.
Just for laughs: Financial planning the Irish way down under
Perhaps us mere mortals are too simple to understand the big financial machinery that runs the world. However you look at it, something funny is going on.
Move over Trevor Noah, here come the new Goliaths of comedy
With his engaging manner and down-to-earth, wryly observational humour, Nicholas Goliath has turned laughter into a way of making a living and loving what you do.
Watch Joan Rivers, Queen of Comedy, at her best
Joan Rivers epitomised an inimitable, unapologetic personality. As she put it, she got where she was because she said what everyone else was thinking, but not saying. Although her controversial sense of humour was sometimes met with criticism, and seen as offensive, nobody could deny her genius when it came to comedy. She will certainly … Read more