to every joke.
As the clock ticks, the validity of this statement becomes solid. I believe Freud touches on this in his theories regarding dark comedy and its inner workings.
Dark humor was fueled by the writings of Sigmund Freud whose works accelerated the decentralization of the individual. Freud's emphasis on the once-taboo subject of sexuality and the unconscious provide a solid foundation for black comedy. He was fascinated by this genre. For Freud, dark comedy was a defense mechanism against the inevitability of death.
Dark comedy keeps the viewer off balance with shock effects that are visual, such as the leg protruding from the wood shredder in Fargo and/or auditory, as in Malcolm McDowell's warbling of Gene Kelly's beloved standard "Singin' in the Rain" as he stomps people to death in A Clockwork Orange. Black humor is the only film genre (comic or otherwise) that uses a musical score at cross purposes to the visual. This genre offers conflicting cues to the viewer instead of simply reinforcing the status quo (as for example, violin music would in a romantic comedy).
More controversial is how black humor treats institutions of the establishment such as psychiatry, religion, and the military, which routinely insist that this is a rational world.
Comedy is often used to break down concepts that plague or have plagued mankind. By taking uncomfortable topics and approaching them through means of humor, we are able to gain widespread acceptance of truth.
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