Quotes - Types of Laughter - James Agee

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“In the language of screen comedians four of the main grades of laugh are the titter, the yowl, the belly laugh and the boffo. The titter is just a titter. The yowl is a runaway titter. Anyone who has ever had the pleasure knows all about a belly laugh. The boffo is the laugh that kills.”James Agee (1909 – 55) U.S. film critic and novelist