When Bes Kallaku fell during the "Lion Heart" program, everyone, without exception, laughed, although the fall was, let's say, not so easy. The actor fell backwards, hit his head and for a few seconds was dazed and barely able to recover.
What causes our laughter when someone falls?
William F. Fry, a psychiatrist and laughter researcher at Stanford University, explains: “Everyone develops a sense of humor over time, which is different for different people. But some basic aspects of humor help explain why a misstep when walking can cause laughter."
"The first reason is related to the play frame , which places a real-life event in a frivolous context and allows for an atypical psychological reaction. This explains why people wouldn't laugh if someone fell off a 10-story building and died. In this case, concern for the person who falls prevents the creation of frivolous context.
But if a woman is walking down the road and stumbles to the ground, the play frame makes the drive appear amusing to observers,” he adds.
Another reason, according to the expert, is the fact that the incident is unexpected. Although we say "oh, poor thing", we still laugh. The brain does not expect it and finds it funny because it is unpredictable.