Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie...A dirty joke… — George Orwell
Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie...A dirty joke is not, of course, a serious attack upon morality, but it is a sort of mental rebellion, a momentary wish that things were otherwise.
1941
★ 2.8Provenance
Current citation
Orwell, George. "The Art of Donald McGill." The Collected Essays, Journalism And Letters Of George Orwell, vol. 2: My Country Right or Left 1940-1943, edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus. David R. Godine, 2007, no. 27, pt. 4.
Original citation
Orwell, George. "The Art of Donald McGill." Horizon, Sept. 1941.