Stanley Cavell(Can human beings change? The humor, and the sadness, of remarriage comedies can be said to result from the fact that we have no good answer to that question.)
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Humor suggests that there is nothing wrong with the state of being single. It’s just that being single can get old. Humor is not about being scared of being alone, but rather thinking about being alone and then making up stories about how things could have been different if they had happened differently.
Source: Pursuits Of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy Of Remarriage
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