There are scenes when he attempts
wry humor, to be sure, but they
always feel out of place (particularly a scene near the end where he literally slaps down the US surveillance drone program)-- perhaps because everyone else in the film is also really dour.
«In and out of class, Shawn has generously, though
always humbly, shared the undeniable rigor of his thinking, the poetry of his language and images, and his
wry sense of
humor and pathos with all of us in AIE,» says Lecturer Steve Seidel, director of AIE, citing LaVoie's past training as a clown as one source of his depth and wisdom.