The thumb rule for making people laugh in a comedy is that somebody has to be a butt of the joke. In real life situations, when you pull a fast one on someone or what is popularly called leg pulling, that he or she becomes the butt of the joke and everyone has a laugh at his/her expense. Instead of having pity for the victim, we take pleasure in deriding him. Thats cruel. Well, comedy is cruel.

How does this translate into movies? No one likes to be a butt of the joke in real life but in