Dark humor is a genre of humor that is characterized by its dark or morbid content. Dark humor is not for everyone and can be seen as offensive by some. The term “dark humor” is used to describe a wide range of jokes, including those that deal with topics like death, violence, and suffering.
Peter McGraw, a behavioral scientist, along with Caleb Warren, published a paper depicting the purpose of humor and why we laugh. According to their “Benign violation theory,” a good joke, surprisingly, is a threat characterized by a wicked twist and good timing, which reveals itself to be empty. McGraw believes that jokes are funny because they violate your beliefs but turn out to be something insignificant. The violation, as the name implies, must be benign but enough to hit a sweet spot. Too lighthearted, and you risk being toothless, too offensive, and you make your audience uncomfortable.
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References:
https://leeds-faculty.colorado.edu/mcgrawp/pdf/mcgraw.williams.warren.2014b.pdf
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/the-science-of-humor-is-no-laughing-matter
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/humor/
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