It is also because, through the collective festivity they give rise to and the array of spectacular delights they offer (I am thinking also of the music-hall, light opera or the big feature film)—fabulous sets, glittering costumes, exciting music, lively action, enthusiastic actors—like all forms of the comic and especially those working through satire or parody of the 'great' (mimics, chansonniers etc.), they satisfy the taste for and sense of revelry, the plain speaking and hearty laughter which liberate by setting the social world head over heels, overturning conventions and proprieties.

也是因為這類表演所引起的集體盛大活動，更是因為它們提供了有看頭排場的炫耀（令人想起大型歌舞劇、輕歌劇或是場面壯大的電影），以及仙境般的布景、耀眼的服飾、令人振奮的音樂、生動的情節、熱情的藝人。就像所有形式的喜劇，尤其是在那些「大人物」身上搞出笑料的滑稽或諷刺劇（模仿演員、諷刺歌謠等）給人節慶狂歡的口味和感官之滿足，心直口快和大膽露骨的玩笑打翻了約定俗成和得體的行為，將社會底層的世界翻轉到上頭來。

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