Humor

Roles: comedian, audience, joke, punchline, laughter, timing, absurdity, wit

The domain of humor, comedy, and laughter — jokes, punchlines, wit, and the involuntary physical response they provoke. Humor involves a setup and a violation of expectation; the punchline lands or falls flat. The frame includes both the social performance (comedian, audience, timing) and the physiological response (laughter, tears, aching sides). As a target domain, humor borrows heavily from physical violence (killing, slaying, cracking up) and from combat (a battle of wits, a cutting remark).

Applied To This Frame (2)