Intimate dilemmas become palatable when presented with wit and lightness.

Evidence

It seems that people sometimes like to have their intimate dilemmas presented to them in terms that are slick and witty and bittersweet instead of just bitter. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 375

Categorization

• XREF: XREF connects to the role of humor in masking genuine pain in creative work. — connects to: Painful personal experiences can be transformed into slick witty comedy — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 375
• SEED: SEED explore how bitter material can be made palatable through wit.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 375

Broader Connections

• Painful personal experiences can be transformed into slick witty comedy #expands (0.85) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 375