Vaazhappala Kaamedy Kalagam HO: NiRuvanar VaLLal Goundamani

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watched this movie's comedy scenes few times earlier... it has the famous quote "appO enna ____'kku da neE nOoRu varusham vAzhanum.. ava avan 35 vayasuleyE vAzhndhu anubavichittu pOittirukkan..."

Yes that's a very famous dialogue. My favorite consulting scene is the token number previous to this patient where patient mentions about a problem and then Gounder takes the lead from there to quote 3 other symptoms (Kannu tappu tappunu adichikudha, mutti valikudha... etc). He builds up the expectation in such a way that patient is quite confident that doc will provide cure for all his ailments, now kounder does a complete u - turn (like Soru illa poda) and then says... 'idhellam enakku irukku... onnum panna mudiyaadhu'.


Digression

As I typed this, it reminded me of explanation of laughter (from a evolutionary context) provided by Dr.V.S. Ramachandran in a book by name Tell tale brain.


Any joke or humorous incident has the following form. You narrate a story step-by-step, leading your listener along a garden path of expectation, and then you introduce an unexpected twist, a punch line, the comprehension of which requires a complete reinterpretation of the preceding events. But that's not enough: No scientist whose theoretical edifice is demolished by a single ugly fact entailing a complete overhaul is likely to find it amusing. Deflation of expectations is necessary, but not sufficient. The extra key ingredient is that the new interpretation must be inconsequential. Let me illustrate. The dean of the medical school starts walking along a path, but before reaching his destination he slips on a banana peel and falls. If his skull is fractured and blood starts gushing out, you rush to his aid and call the ambulance. You don't laugh. But if he gets up unhurt, wiping his expensive trousers, you break out into a fit of laughter. It's called slapstick. the key difference is that in the first case, there is a true alarm requiring urgent attention. In the second case, it's a false alarm, and by laughing you inform your kin in the vicinity not to waste their resources rushing to his aid. It is nature's "all okay" signal. What is left unexplained is the slight schadenfreude (pleasure derived from misfortune of others) aspect to the whole thing."

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