The Psychology of Cringe Comedy: Why We Love to Watch What Hurts Us

The Psychology of Cringe Comedy: Why We Love to Watch What Hurts Us

From ‘Da Ali G Show’ to viral TikTok videos, cringe comedy persists within pop culture. And oftentimes, the genre’s appeal is as much about the way we perceive ourselves as the comics we watch performing it…

 

Nice article, featuring our latest publication on cringe comedy (Mayer et al., 2022), in The Ringer b

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