Laughter of Others
2012 · 52 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 129 VOTES · DIR. Pedro Arantes
Overview
There are limits to jokes? What is the politically incorrect humor? A joke has the power to offend? It is these issues that 'Laughter of Others' discusses interviewing personalities such as comedians Danilo Gentili and Rafinha Bastos, cartoonist Laerte and Congressman Jean Wyllys, among others. The documentary delves into the world of Stand Up Comedy to discuss the fine line between comedy and offense, between legal and what creates endless lawsuits.
Dialogue Timeline — 844 lines
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00:00:11 Nothing describes better people's character than that which they find ridiculous - GOETHE
00:02:35 Then he remembered: "Wait, I'm a millionaire, man!
00:04:54 "If only God would bless me with a heart attack!"
00:06:41 If you laugh, I will keep talking, get it?
00:08:16 Everyone who is there sharing, be it a comedian, a joke teller, or whatever
00:10:48 and it exaggerates that. It reverberates that.
00:13:09 People exaggerate when they talk about prejudice.
00:15:07 There are ways to make people laugh without humiliating others.
00:17:18 a country, or the target can be a person
00:19:12 they also practice a very sexist humor.
00:21:35 and we are trying to do something else
00:23:29 I don't see any fun in it. I don't think it counts as a joke, get it?
00:25:26 And it's cool that me, as a comedian, can touch these people.
00:27:38 Try to make a joke about cement. It's hard
00:29:31 You will apologize to the sponsor now!
00:31:35 So, I don't mind being called politically correct.
00:33:55 NO!
00:35:57 where white man are above and exclude blacks.
00:38:03 And my freedom ends at someone else's rights, at the recognition of others.
00:39:59 "It's just a joke" - RAFINHA BASTOS
00:41:54 You don't even look like my mother.
00:44:01 Are you homosexual? Are you heterosexual?
00:46:17 which is a simultaneous process.
00:48:52 The humorist cannot simply rely on the audience's reaction and laughter...
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Dialogue Record
Lines indexed844
Dialogue density16.2 lines / min
First line00:00:11
Final line00:48:52
Production Record
DirectorPedro Arantes
LanguagePortuguese
IMDb votes129