The businessman (Kaufman) Andy has been asking himself: What is humor? The man who looked like Jesus who was meditating together told him that silence is humor.
When I was in elementary school, I read a book about Dad and discussed similar issues. I also remember that the book said that silence is humor.
What is humor-this is not a purely performing arts research topic, but a philosophical topic.
The ethical question is: when you perform, are you still you?
Andy spent his entire life searching for answers, using experiments instead of deductions. The "harmless human and animal" experiment, for example, let the viewer's TV "broken" for ten seconds. Experiments that hurt the nature and reason, for example, show sexism in order to satirize sexism, for example, become a bully in order to satirize the bully.
Chaplin is also a comedy, and so is Mr. Bean. They are looking for humorous possibilities just like Andy, and their paths are also different. Do you choose to be a national hero or a target of public criticism?
It is very interesting that there is no right or wrong in what they do, whether it is for art, for the nation or for philosophy.
In the end, I understood the period when Andy went to the Philippines for treatment. I don’t know if you understand it. After discovering that all the so-called genius doctors were just deceptive tricks, he smiled. But that smile must not be a wry smile, but a joy from the heart: it is a kind of humor.
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