He's cooled down a little bit. After he gets mad, he laughs it off. Then we all start laughing. And then we know we have to get serious.

If it gets laughs, it's funny.

By laughing at me, the audience really laughs at themselves, and realizing they have done this gives them sort of a spiritual second wind for going back into the battles of life.

I already have a plan." Celie said, raising her hand as she would with her tutor.
"Do you?" Rolf's eyes gleamed. "What is it?"
"I don't think you'll like it, Lilah." Celie apologized straightaway. "It involves manure...a great deal of manure."
Rolf started to laugh again.

Hitch is Hitch and you just have to let him go, he gets mad.

I'm ecstatic that it's over, but I'm still really mad that they did it. I really think it's screwed up that they decided to strike the week before Christmas.