Johnstone, Impro - tragedy is stylized human sacrifice, a superstimulus of the exhilarating experience of killing a high-status person.
@ozymandias314 Johnstone thinks empathy is key - it ruins comedy and (he thinks) makes tragedy "pathetic" and wrecks the catharsis.
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@sarahdoingthing@ozymandias314 what predictions does this make and do they match observed reality -
@admittedlyhuman@ozymandias314 Do you ask about this in particular because you suspect (a) few and (b) no? - 2 more replies
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@ozymandias314 He doesn't think the tragic hero should writhe or cringe or display empathy-triggering behaviors. -
@sarahdoingthing Oh, that is true. Writhing and cringing make something laughable rather than sad. Why I'm not sure.
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@sarahdoingthing I'm not sure. It *feels* like I'm identifying with the characters in a tragedy... -
@ozymandias314 Yes! This makes me wonder what it would be like for one of us moderns to attend an old-fashioned public torture execution. - 1 more reply
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