In five pages this paper examines the all important 'we' component to comedy in an overview of David Ives' All in the Timing and P.G. Wodehouse's Leave it to Psmith. There are no other sources listed.
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addresses human suffering, human emotion, human anger, and many other realities that we all share somehow. If comedy were aimed at "I" it may well be that most comedians would
find that only a few people got their jokes. However, when comedy is aimed at people in general, at "we," it becomes something we can all relate to and share,
easing our suffering for a moment and allowing us to laugh at ourselves together with others. Bearing this in mind the following paper discusses "Leave it to Psmith" by P.G.
Wodehouse and "All in the Timing" by David Ives. The two works are discussed separately as they involve "we" and then compared in the final section. Leave it
to Psmith by P.G.Wodehouse This story is one that presents us with something of a mystery. But, it is not necessarily in the plot of the story that we see
the comedy, especially the comedy that focuses on "we." It is the individuals, the lines, and the situations that bring us the comedy that is universal. In one scene
we are given a very ambiguous character in Psmith. He is cocky and arrogant, and also very likable. He is funny and we, the reader, perhaps wish we could approach
people in the same manner, with confidence, sarcasm, and wit. In the scene under discussion we see "the pink one" asking Psmith, "Wheres my umbrella?...The cloak-room waiter says you took
my umbrella" (Wodehouse NA). Understandably, one may need their umbrella but it is not that important a commodity. The pink one continues, stating, "I mean, a jokes a joke, but
that was a dashed good umbrella" (Wodehouse NA). This offers us a humorous look at people we may see every day, at people we all understand to be far too