Pirandello — Commiseration

What we are left with after observation and laughter is a little more truth. A little more objectivity. We can observe the system, and through laughs, do our best to avoid the nihilism that comes with falling head first into an existential crisis.

We avoid the crisis not to be objective, but because I believe that if we were all "too objective", and maybe even rightly so, it does not do anything to explain or aid us in our human, biological undertaking. This is why I stress that the existential is not for us to know. This is why I stress that the existential is overwhelming. It is not to dissuade anyone from exploring, but because the unknown is scary. And we can not be hindered by fear if we wish to uncover the secrets of what we don't know.

Walking the line does not mean, to me, that the line won't move. But comedy as a means of support, keeps us tethered enough to reality, that we never forget why we were curious in the first place.

What do we do with the observations? Well, we use them. After we are safe guarded by comedy and the laugh and the experience of mirth, we feel what we have learned. We commiserate.

Sometimes the characters have already come to terms with their reality. In this case the audience and the world must catch up.