# The James Bond Dilemma
**URL:** https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/the-james-bond-dilemma/951
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 7, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/the-james-bond-dilemma/951 "2017-04-07T04:29:53Z")
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### Author:  [@HaroldLloyd](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/HaroldLloyd)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/the-james-bond-dilemma/951/21 "2017-06-03T19:43:38Z")
I think I see what you’re saying. There is another layer of society norms and audience interpretation beyond Dramatica. For example, a failure/bad could describe many comedies (assuming they are GAS) like many episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Larry fails at his caper and is also worse off, so one word to describe it is a tragedy. But it’s still hilarious for some reason.
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### Author:  [@jhull](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/jhull)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/the-james-bond-dilemma/951/22 "2017-06-03T19:57:56Z")
Yes, exactly. Understanding that opens up all kinds of subtlety and complexity than if you were simply focused on cultural norms.
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