The Dark Humour of Grief
NEWCINEMA/DOCS+
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10m
Is it acceptable to laugh and joke when you have lost loved ones?
Is dark humour acceptable in times of grief?
Since 7 October, tens of thousands of people in Israel have lost loved ones.
This is a huge trauma for the whole of Israeli society.
There is an enormous, genuine problem: how to deal with it?
In this tragic situation, humourous videos on the theme of grief began to appear online, and a kind of “grief party” started to take place.
A unique phenomenon has emerged – experiencing grief through dark humour.
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