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What does it mean?
The speaker praises a comic for revealing the funny and unknown aspects of human relations.
In plain terms
People do funny private things and this comic shows them well.
What can you take from it?
Private life often holds more humor than romance.

Where it applies

  • reading comics
  • understanding relationships
  • art critique

Putting it to work

  • exploring human nature

Questions to consider

  • What do people hide about relationships?
  • How does art reveal private truths?

Another view

Private life is not always funny.

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