"Hahaha"
Something i dug out while rummaging through my old notes, which i thought is quite interesting:
... that because life is imperfect, art becomes something that we seek perfection in. Hence, art is a reflection of our fantasy which reality cannot bring. According to Freud, "art induces in us 'a mild narcosis' that brings about 'a transient withdrawal' from life's misery" (Nicholas, 1998). Jokes and comedy could be examples of this theory, as seen in the film where pessimistic Alvy is ironically, a comedian. This is based on another Freudian theory, which says that jokes etc, "serve as lies that make life bearable, ways of 'making light' of what is not light, a forgetting necessary for life. Life's miseries, presumably, are why anhedonist Alvy is a comedian" (Nicholas, 1998 -- i'm gd at lifting phrases! :D). We see this exemplified at the beginning and at the end of the film where he uses jokes to express the underlying miseries of life, which stem from the discontentment with what we have and not have.
Agree? Maybe that's why i enjoy darkly humourous films. :)
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