The Cancer Show: Part 2
Can cancer be funny? Should it be funny? Some people may find an illness they or a loved one have demeaned if someone sees humor in it. Psychological research shows us that a sense of humor is an extremely effective coping mechanism under stress, but there are diseases so frightening, so deadly and so close to home (add HIV to the list) that even comedians shy away from them. This great episode of On The Media takes a look at this phenomenon, and includes an interview with SNL’s Jane Sweeney that is definitely worth a listening.
Let’s Think Psychologically: when is it okay for painful, sensitive subjects to be sources of humor? Think beyond disease–think racism, think terrorism, because I suspect there’s not a lot of difference between these subjects.
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