Laughter is sacred (BE340)

[Martha Rooster-Singh]

Why does P give this profopund insight to Horst?




> If BE is what has been called a satire, not in the mode of GR (GR may be
> considered, and has been by several critcs, and with success, a Menippean
> Satire, an Anatomy, a Encyclopedic Narrative, Postmodern non-corrective
> Satire), but what is called "light-hearted satire", we should do well to
> give our attention to Horst's claim that laughter is sacred. Laughter, of
> course, is not essenatial to satire, and, is not its goal. In fact, as
> Horst explains, so much that is called humor is a sacralization of the
> profane consumer laugh track or  the mere use of satirical tools of irony,
> parody, and the like.
>
> BE is not meant to be a funny book. I may make us laugh, or smile, but
> rarely LOL, because it is light-hearted satire that seeks to humor us out
> of our collective paranoia and call attention to what we have
> made sacred----9-11, that Survivor Tree, the Flag, the Wars.
>
>
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