funny games

In the play, the prisoner of love has his tongue cut out.
Unable to speak, he uses his hands to communicate to his lover.
His hands are removed.
Unable to speak, unable to use his hands, the prisoner dances to show his love.
His feet are chopped off.

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Why is this funny?
Maybe you don't find it funny, maybe you think its sick, in which case this is not your ballpark.
I find it funny.
Why is this funny?

- Just because something terrible happens to you don't mean it ain't got any reason to get worse.
- The joke is that the more you want to give of yourself, the more you're likely to lose.
- The pathetic would rather be comic than tragic.
- Theatre isn't real.
- People will react against these events by saying they're not funny. They'll even think: I know I'm being baited, I refuse to rise to the bait, but I still don't think it's funny.
- It's funny because other people's misfortune is not our own. The bigger the banana skin the harder they fall, the funnier it gets.
- It's funny because sometimes there's nothing left but a sense of humour; it's the last, indissoluble vestige of your mind's individuality.

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There maybe more reasons and it may be I haven't put my finger on the real reason, in which case please accept my apologies. It's a piece of theatrical sleight of hand. My only note for this production would be: I wish it had been more brutal. Then it would have been even funnier.