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Is there a name for what they had?

posted 15 years ago by novastar_6
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Is there a name for whatever caused Chaney's character to cry uncontrollably and the other man to laugh the same way?

[–] vincebruno11 14 years ago

My guess would be depression for Tito and mania for the Count, but don't know for sure.

[–] novastar_6 14 years ago

Perhaps, I just figured for them, for Tito anyway it was something more...severe.

[–] skiddoo 11 years ago

Hysterical laughter? Hysteria was widely diagnosed then, usually for women.

[–] King_Of_Fuh 11 years ago

The Greeks had a word for it.

[–] worldofsnail 14 years ago

I don't know if there IS an actual name for this condition. I DO know that when I have had periods in my life when I have been having LOTS of sex, I have found myself laughing a lot. What the doctor said is true - when you meet the one you settle down with, the laughter stops... LOLOLOL!

[–] j-pudwill 13 years ago

Worldofsnail -

"I never knew what real happiness was
until I got married.

And by then it was too late."

– Max Kauffman

[–] Kingsbridger 11 years ago

The affliction is called "overacting" or Hamitosis.

[–] www1125 8 years ago

Yeah, Tito definitely had depression. Having suffered from it myself, I could see a lot of the signs. Chaney was excellent at acting out the way the person he was playing would really act.