Mr. Big, The Whore Of Mensa, And The Kuglemass Episode

A Discussion of Satire, Humor, and Absurdity in Woody Allen’s â€Å"Mr. Big,† â€Å"The Whore of Mensa,† and â€Å"The Kuglemass Episode† â€Å"It is my only regret in life that I am not someone else† (Good Reads, 2017). This famous Woody Allen quote reflects a reason why he may love to write: so he can be someone else for a short while. To top it off Allen is an expert at using satire, humor and absurdity to entertain his audience. As one best storytellers of the twenty first century, he has a way of reaching his audience by taking a worn-out archetype and by applying an absurdity filter, he allows the audience to see a difficult idea in a whole new light. In his short stories, â€Å"Mr. Big,† â€Å"The Whore of Mensa,† and â€Å"The Kuglemass Episode,† he imparts†¦show more content†¦In each story the author uses satire, humor, or absurdity to introduce the audience to a subject that is seemingly taboo or unrealistic. Doing this allows the reader to explore a concept they may be uncomfortable exploring any other way. Now, consider what Allen might have been saying in â€Å"Mr. Big.† The story begins with Heather Butkiss seeking a private investigator to help her find God. She is smart and sexy, and Kaiser Lupowitz is a lump of clay in her hands. Kaiser is amused, bored, and attracted; nevertheless, he is led by Ms. Butkiss through a maze of lies. Turns out, her name is Ellen Shepard. She is a professor who is simply a scorned lover. After finding out the truth of her quest, to prove the existence of God, Lupowitz quickly dismisses her, shoots her and before she dies, explains the true manifestation of the universe, as if he had the answer all along: â€Å"The manifestation of the universe as a complex idea unto itself as opposed to being in or outside the true Being of itself is inherently a conceptual nothingness or Nothingness in relation to any abstract form of existing or to exist or having existed in perpetuity and not subject to laws of physicality or motion or ideas relating to non -matter or the lack of objective Being or subjective otherness (Allen, http://www.wepsite.de/Mr._Big,Woody_Allen.htm, n.d.). The scene is vivid and hilarious. Allen takes a decisive topic, like faith in God and by using satire,