Table of Funny

device HUMOR WIT SATIRE SARCASM
motive/aim discovery throwing light amendment inflicting pain
province human nature words & ideas morals & manners faults & foibles
method/means observation surprise accentuation inversion
audience the sympathetic the intelligent the self-satisfied victim & bystander
device INVECTIVE IRONY CYNICISM SARDONIC
motive/aim discredit exclusiveness self-justification self-relief
province misconduct statement of facts morals adversity
method/means direct statement mystification exposure of nakedness pessimism
victim & bystander the public an inner circle the respectable the self

Looking out my window…

Stranger Than Paradise is an absurdist comedy film written and directed by American director Jim Jarmusch in 1984. It stars jazz musician John Lurie, former Sonic Youth drummer-turned-actor Richard Edson and Hungarian-born actress Eszter Balint. source: Wikipedia, 2009