This is a form of jewish comedy used by Howard Stern, Borat and others where you purposely make the audience uncomfortable by doing or saying something outrageous in a deadpan manner. People will laugh nervously because they are offended but don't want to appear uptight or uncool. No one wants to see his hairy body wearing a diaper but to say so would seem unsophisticated so they tell themselves that this is high comedy. Sometimes it is effective such as Mel Brooks's Blazing Saddles but more often it's just creepy like this.
You nailed it!
It's uncomfortable comedy. I think jews have cornered the marked on uncomfortable comedy.
The only solace I take from jew comedy is the fact that regular people would smash Curly Howard in the head with a hammer as a form of greeting.
But discomfort is not comedy. Comedy makes you laugh because it's intrinsically funny to you.
Laughter from discomfort is a psychological coping mechanism to avoid the psychological discomfort (cognitive dissonance). Which means the laughter originates because it is not funny. It is uncomfortable and causing pain. This is literally inversion of humor (pain vs pleasure).
I'd argue this type of humor is actually psychological warfare intended to condition people into accepting discomfort and psychological injury, contrary to accepted social standards and rules.
Which I really couldn't put a finger on until I read this thread. Makes perfect sense now.
Thank you.
Still... how could you not get a chuckle out of a jew in a dhoti?
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