A solitary person stands in the middle of an empty grassy green ground in brilliant sunshine, laughing directly to camera. Laughter, absurdity, ridicule and humour, particular forms of acknowledging tension, may be seen as potential powerful transformative actions, as well as methods of obscuring deeply felt difficult emotions and situations. Distance or distancing, as important factors in humour and slapstick, suggest the closer the joke or unacceptable situation is to yourself, the harder it is to laugh.
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