Thank you very much, Gary! Though I believe Hobbes had in mind something rather different than what I intend here. His "sudden glory" is that of superiority; a kind of vaunting over the vicariously vanquished. "Homeric laughter," if you like. Whereas I have in mind a kind of laughter that provokes tears--of mingled joy and sadness.
The most poignant remarks on comedy I’ve read in ages. Strikes me at the top of the esophagus. Beautiful.
“Laughter is sudden glory” -Hobbes
Thank you very much, Gary! Though I believe Hobbes had in mind something rather different than what I intend here. His "sudden glory" is that of superiority; a kind of vaunting over the vicariously vanquished. "Homeric laughter," if you like. Whereas I have in mind a kind of laughter that provokes tears--of mingled joy and sadness.