We find hilarity in very funny or funny situations.
The Latin word hilarĭtas came into our language as hilarity . This is the name given to the calm and serene manifestation of joy that reveals a state of satisfaction.
Laughter, fun
The concept can also refer to the laughter that arises when hearing or seeing something that is funny. Hilarity, in this framework, is associated with fun .
Many times we talk about hilarity with reference to the funny or laughable effect that something causes . The term can also refer to a situation or an attitude .
For example: "I thought my father was going to be angry when he found out the news, but he took things with hilarity" , "The deputy, who usually appears with a stern expression, was surprised by a sudden attack of hilarity in the middle of the conference press» , «The child 's words generated hilarity and tenderness in the adults» .
In the first example we see that hilarity arises unexpectedly, for the benefit of the sender, who instead expected a negative reaction from his father. The second sentence tells us about a deputy who usually appears very serious in public, but one day he decides to change his image for a friendly and funny one , to the surprise of his audience. Finally, children often make adults laugh with their inevitable innocence , which leads them to say things that just a few years later they would never say.
Comedies
Hilarity is a central component of comedies . There are films and plays whose main objective is to entertain the public, thus presenting hilarious scenes in the plot.
In the comedy genre , which today can be presented in a large number of forms, each with its own particularities, one of the greatest difficulties that writers and screenwriters must face is the diversity of their audience, both cultural and age , without leaving aside the differences in tastes. What makes us laugh? This question has endless answers; Even for the same person throughout their life it can vary.
There are those who find hilarity in a stumble, while others prefer absurd conversations, awkward moments, etc. While some people may enjoy all of these resources, we usually tend to especially prefer one of them. In fact, just because a person claims to love comedy does not mean that they find any work in the genre funny. Hence the aforementioned difficulty, one that drama does not have: the death of a loved one makes a much larger number of spectators cry than any hilarious situation can make them laugh.
With their innocence, children often cause hilarity and tenderness.
Unintentional hilarity
In other cases, hilarity is involuntary and may reveal a flaw or error . Suppose that the president of a country gives a speech where he analyzes the political and economic context of the nation and announces various measures to promote growth. However, despite the formality of the words and the relevance of what was said, those who listen to it begin to laugh when they consider that these are absurd and incoherent proposals. As you can see, this hilarity was never sought by the president.
This can occur for various reasons, one of them being the one set out in the previous example: that the message is not coherent, that its interlocutors do not receive it with the respect that the sender expects. On the other hand, the reason why laughter arises in the face of an intentionally serious speech may be due to a piece of information that only the party listening to it possesses: if the sender talks about something that his receiver knows is not true or cannot happen, it is He would probably laugh at your words.