That's because he understood comedic counterpoint.

Tonal consistency is a relatively new idea anyway. Shakespeare’s tragedies were full of bawdy comedy, and his best comedies were built on the threat of tragedy. Look up and down the rest of the literary canon and it’s full of the same inconsistencies — grim mo…
The Apartment: A Masterpiece, Wilderwise
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Oct 21, 2021
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That's because he understood comedic counterpoint. A lost art, alas. I write about it here, if you're interested.
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Written by Simon Dillon
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Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com
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