nightmare comedy; psych recovery
I'm double-fisting the series run of Chris Morris's ultra-break sketch comedy "Jam" as a spiritual emetic. As usual, it seems to be working. Been thinking about why.
The thing about black comedy is, like all horror, it's a fantasy genre. It's set in an alternate universe where all the normal niceties between nature, humans, and social morality have been suspended.
In other words: it's exactly like the nightmare world *I* go to. It's good to be able to leave it.
nightmare comedy; psych recovery
It's like the awful inhabitants stroke my cheek and confess to me, "No, darling... THIS is what a world where nobody cares about anybody but themselves, and there is absolutely no forgiveness for your mistakes, looks like. Remember? Now, hurry on back to YOUR reality and do not return here soon, let you become one of us. I know you keep toying with it."
And then ten seconds later they shake their heads and mumble, "What a wanker. I thought he'd never leave."
