Smiling and sorrowful white theatre masks at opposite ends of a tilted plank balanced on a lilac cube.

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Lieutenant Saavik

Humor. It is a difficult concept.

— Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan  ·  1982

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker names humour and immediately calls it difficult, approaching it as something to be understood. That measured, analytical wording can itself sound funny beside a subject associated with spontaneous laughter. The line leaves open whether the difficulty lies in recognising humour, explaining it or sharing it.

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