| A plethora of unfounded health scare stories warned us of exaggerated or mythical risks, often based on brief, hyperbolized or misinterpreted medical research. |
| The United States hyperbolized its own epidemic and waged multiple aggressive educational campaigns. |
| On the other hand, we have Quentin Tarantino, the court jester of mayhem, making good on the lurking connection between violence and laughter by making violence into its own comedy: hyperbolized, postmodern, extreme. |
