Well, to provide even more denigration of the shaman (my wont, after
all....) what you describe above is a fair description of the purpose of
the Comedy in the Greek theatre. It is also practically a verbatim quote
from Aristotle about this purpose.
I would thus declare you have made a saint of Homer Simpson.
Hail Bob.
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