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Laughing is a reaction to certain stimuli. It may ensue from hearing a joke, being tickled, or other stimuli. Most commonly, it is considered a visual expression of a number of positive emotional states, such as joy, mirth, happiness, relief, etc. However on some occasions it may express other emotions, such as embarrassment, apology or confusion ("nervous laughter)" or courtesy laugh.
Laughter is a part of human behavior regulated by the brain, helping humans clarify their intentions in social interaction and providing an emotional context to conversations. Laughter is used as a signal for being part of a group — it signals acceptance and positive interactions with others. Laughter is sometimes seen as contagious, and the laughter of one person can itself provoke laughter from others as a positive feedback. This may account in part for the popularity of laugh tracks in situation comedy television shows.
Laughter is anatomically mediated by the epiglottis constricting the larynx.
The study of humor and laughter, and its psychological and physiological effects on the human body, is called gelotology.
Anthony McCarten is a New Zealand novelist, playwright and filmmaker.
Born in 1961 in New Plymouth, Anthony McCarten's novels have been translated into 14 languages. His first novel, Spinners (Picador, 2000), was voted one of the top ten novels of that year by Esquire magazine. His third novel, Death Of A Superhero, won the 2008 Austrian Youth Literature Prize and was a finalist for the 2008 German Youth Literature Prize. "Not since Gunter Grass's The Tin Drum has the pains of growing up been rendered this powerfully." Blick, Zurich. "A fantastic novel and a small revoltion for the literary form." Der Spiegel (Online). A major motion picture, from McCarten's screenplay adaptation and starring Andy Serkis and Thomas Brodie Sangster, Death Of A Superhero had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in 2011, won the 2011 Les Arcs European Film Festival Audience Choice Prize and Young Jury Prize, and the Audience Award and ‘Special Mention’ of the Jury at the Mamer-en-Mars European Film Festival. It had it US premiere at the 2012 Tribecca Film Festival.
Thinkin' so much my crowded head became sore
Fell back into the place I was before
Reasons long enough to not let show
Follow through this once because I said so
I think I got it all figured out
I think I got it made
I think I got it all figured out
I think my plan is safe from laughter
From laughter, no
I'll wait
I'll wait the day
Slowly I begin to come around
Woke up to a soft and subtle sound now
Someone is speaking one room away
Just loud enough so I can hear what they're sayin', sayin'
I think I got it all figured out
I think I got it made
I think I got it all figured out
I think my plan is safe from laughter
From laughter, no
I'll wait
I'll wait the day
And I watch what I say and I
Watch what I do and I
Watch what I say and I
Watch what I
I think I got it all figured out
I think I got it made
I think I got it all figured out
I think my plan is safe from laughter, from laughter
From laughter
From laughter