Precisely: and that’s where the comedy comes in . . . when our pre-conceived notions are challenged. For some people, apparently, this is an uncomfortable laugh.
One of my all-time favorite Richard Pryor bits is when he talked about shooting “Stir Crazy” at the Arizona State Pen.
I can’t remember the exact wording, but it was basically, he was walking into this prison and saw “All my beautiful black brothers locked up...behind this bars...and then I started talking to them.....
Thank God we have pententiaries!”