Mudcat Café message #2589879

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Thread #118593 Message #2589879
Posted By: Richard Bridge
16-Mar-09 - 05:14 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Gallows Humour-laughing at death/disease
Subject: RE: Folklore: Gallows Humour-laughing at death/disease

I don't get it either, then, because I think Joe was exactly right in that the power of gallows humour lies in the ability to pique, and without the current referent the thread is deprived of immediacy.