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jessicapier | 06:23 Fri 11th Mar 2005 | Phrases & Sayings
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What exactly is a "throwaway line" (in comedy) and why is it called this?
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A throwaway line is one delivered unemphatically or in a deliberately understated way in order to make it more effective. That is, it contains something one might have expected to be stressed but - because it wasn't - it becomers even more telling.
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