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The joke points out how museums often display fragments of statues, especially missing heads and arms, as if those broken pieces had become a collection of their own. It is a dry, absurd observation that turns a familiar museum experience into a strange image. The humor comes from treating scattered statue parts as if they belong together in a different museum.
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About Steven Wright
American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and film producer
Steven Wright is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and film producer. He is known for his dry, slow delivery and his distinctive voice, which shape the ironic, philosophical, and often absurd style of his comedy. His material often uses paraprosdokians, non sequiturs, anti-humor, and tightly built one-liners. He is especially associated with jokes that turn on contrived situations and unexpected reversals.
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Books by Steven Wright
Coyotes of Carthage
2020