Anecdotal Evidence

What is scarier than the destruction of the world? That the whole thing is a random, arbitrary convulsion. That the universe is morally neutral and unimaginably violent. Now how do you say that in film? Well, you have someone say it.

To attempt to write a sober-faced humour-dissection essay is problematic. Firstly one, the essay declares itself to be anything but funny. Secondly,: to explain "what is funny" is an exercise in futility. if a joke is 'lost' on someone, rarely ever does a knowledgeable explanation of the benign transgression achieved by the joke, evoke in the listener the laugh, which was the objective of the joke. So I seek your sympathies upfront before beginning this post that seeks to explain Payon to the uninitiated.