[UA] Unbreakable (Non-Spoilers with mild Analysis)

Bailey Watts didi_mau at hotmail.com
Tue Nov 28 13:30:31 PST 2000


> >As Mel Brooks said, "If it bends, it's comedy.  If it breaks, it's 
>tragedy."
>
>That's weird. I could've sworn that was Alan Alda in Woody Allen's CRIMES
>AND MISDEMEANORS, portraying the jerkwad director.

Indeed.  The Brooks quotes are "If I fall down stairs and break my arm that' 
tragedy.  If I fall into an open sewer and die that's comedy."

Mel also points out that when people say "I'ts funny because it's true," 
what they really mean is "it's funny because it's happening to someone 
else."

Bailey
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