Meaning of comic relief | Babel Free

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The inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension.

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“The sequence where Sam carves off Jorah’s infected tissue in secret, stopping every few moments to shush his patient, is presented as comic relief why? Jorah reels back into a diagonal close-up whimpering like a dog. Yellow pus oozes to get those good gross-out laughs. Is the substance of this operation funny to anyone on its face?”

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