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The feel of a scene.
Subtext creates texture that links scenes to the themes and larger plot. It is the layer that contains unconscious information, clues to behaviour and elements of backstory. There are several techniques to achieve this.
To find the comedy, you need to find the comic premise: the gap between comic reality and real reality. If you want to catch a squirrel just climb a tree and act like a nut.
Comedy writing is a never ending process of hit and miss. Real laughter is an involuntary action. Even when we shouldn’t, we can’t help ourselves.