A sort-of brother and sister fall in love. It’s foggy. man vs. whale. whale wins. War veteran takes forever to get home then kills everyone. Shipwrecked boys are bad at everything except killing each other.
Why It’s Funny
This joke relies on the subversion of expectations by summarizing classic, high-brow literature as if they were mundane or absurd plot points. It turns iconic, dramatic masterpieces into hilarious, reductive shrugs that make you feel like you’ve just read the entire Western canon in five seconds.
