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A similar example is found in
Ritterschlag
when the young dragon fails to hit the rescuing
knight hard enough to force him off the cliff. When the adult dragon picks the knight up
and shows it to the young dragon, the knight's leg falls off.
The falling leg helps punctuate the young dragon's shortcomings and illustrate why it is
necessary to get the knight off the cliff.
Ritterschlag
, directed by Sven Martin, Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Both of these examples are comic relief, and emotional release, in what would otherwise
be questionable situations even in animation.
Humor can come from empathy and failure as we watch a character attempt to fl y a kite.
It can come from the realization that a thief, against all better judgment, chooses to dance—
and win.
It can come from the burp of a Cap who has drunk the magic potion. Burps, farts, and body
jokes are a popular form of humor. We can point to numerous feature fi lms that include
them. However, if you analyze these carefully, these kinds of jokes are usually secondary
humor. They are not the primary content that drives the scene. If they are, they are related
to the situation in which they occur and what is poignant is not the burp or fart itself, but
the
reaction
to it.
