Talk:Fatal hilarity
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I don't think that Infinite Jest (the film) is fatal hilarity. It is fatal comfort that kills - there are hints throughout Infinte Jest (the book) that the film consists mostly of shots from the point of view of the crib while the mother figure repeats over and over again that she is sorry. Furthermore, in another passage, it is learned that the director was working a special lens apparatus (and also specially ground lenses) that simulated the eyesight of an infant. The whole point is to regress the viewer to an infantile state of bliss, which turns out to be so overwhelming that those who view it want nothing more to keep viewing it.
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[edit] Article?
This doesn't seem so much an article as it does a list. Perhaps it would be better if it were formatted as such? Gershwinrb 10:58, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Historical death
I read in a book....I think it was caled miscellaney or something....That one king died laughing when he found out that italy was independant or something.....Not sure though.199.224.81.132 17:01, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
- I added the incident mentioned in Schott's Original Miscellany. Thanks for the lead.--Stoa 20:28, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wow
I suggest we get some medical sources here? Anyone care to elaborate on how exactly this happens? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Xvall (talk • contribs) 20:51, 24 September 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Zeuxis is said to have laughed himself to death
Zeuxis, the famous painter of Ephesus in the 5th century BC, is commonly said to have laughed to death at one of his own paintings of an old woman—(indeed, I just checked, and the Wiki article on him says as much). If someone kind find a source, I think it would be worth adding. I'll go ahead and add it.
