What makes this work exhilarating is the way its serious themes are expressed through robust humor.

Dad lived on through your grace, dignity and humor.

To teach through humor is not easy, but it demonstrates the concern of the teacher for the student.

It was the stuff of old blues and mountain music, which face tragedy through resilient humor.

The group communion with acid was done largely through humor.

He also wrote, in 1996, a book named Humortivacion, which promotes motivation through humor.

The actors got the children's attention through humor, and had a consistent message.

"We understand your need to feel that you're in control of the situation through humor," said one of the men.

"When you're dealing with issues that are complicated and sad, the best way people can hear things is through humor."

The result is a love story that, through humor, says much about race and racism in Paris today.