'Funny Man'

The other day while explaining the intricacies of ‘pangali sandai’ (Co-brother Fight) to an acquaintance new to this form of fighting, the topic inevitably steered towards a real life ‘pangali sandai’ between a couple of my friends. This acquaintance having grasped the essence of ‘pangali sandai’ (or Bengali Sunday as she called it) alluded these kinds of fights to a reel life example from the movie ‘Dil Chahta Hai’. This got me thinking.
Having watched thousands of stereotypical Hollywood, Bollywood, Kollywood, Mollywood and all other woods, I gathered that there are groups of people in real life who unconsciously portray these stereotypes. In any flick, you get to see a hero, his lady love and a ‘funny man’ who provides comical relief. 24 years of observing society, I noticed that in most groups these three kinds of people always existed. That’s when I felt sorry for the real life ‘funny man’. The writers, directors and producers of movies may have incredible talent in developing these characters, but there is always an iota of truth behind such portrayal.
The ‘funny man’ is always the young guy who ends up in the wrong place, almost always gets rejected by girls as he is either twisted or was just a ‘good friend’ and of course makes jokes. And these aren’t instances in just movies; I know a bunch of ‘funny men’ who actually live such a life. While he makes people laugh, he leads a pretty terrible life himself! In recognition of such hardships, I have started a society to morally help these socially awkward, mentally abused, orally witty ‘funny men’ called ITSFUNNY (InTernational Society For UNstable Neurotically funny Youth). I hope to make the miserable lives of ‘funny men’ better as it would someday help them become ‘heroes’. Women who have joined this society can try at the very least flirting with these young men to boost their morale. Please contribute and encourage this society as ‘funny men’ are also people.