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Derived from the Comedie de L'arte, the facepalm gesture signified a change of humour based on a [realization], a change of mask, to put on a new face. The gesture became a standard trope of grief or weeping in theatre but when used comedically, indicated a shared misfortune. Imported into Vaudeville, the Three Stooges' innovated the gesture as a surrealistic form of violence, [indicating] surprise, fear and disdain. The completed gesture was a stock [expression] in newspaper comics and used in animated films, exaggerating a sense of mock tragedy or comic disbelief.
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