Read the chapter “From Insubordinate Playfulness to Subversive Irony.” from the book "In Humour and Irony in Dutch Post-War Fiction Film" by Peter VERSTRATEN

 I am wondering if when I say "humour", I actually mean "playfulness". Pope.L's work is definitely playful as well as humorous. I decided to do some background reading. A JSOR search turned up this chapter which looked relevant, and which I hoped me might have something to say on the differences. Unfortunately, it was very specific to the topic of Dutch Film. While interesting for being so different from my study so far, I struggled to find anything directly useful to my current paper or practice, and skimmed most of the chapter.