the value of humor in advancing characteriztion and plot in "the Mineola Twins"

Throughout the play "the Mineola Twins," Vogel uses interesting techniques to further advance the personalities of her characters, especially the "whore of babalyon," Myra. She uses humor to improve the likeability of a character who displays traits the general public would probably frown upon, or find obscene. After the first two scenes, we see themes advanced using comic irony, as well as a character we begin to dislike in the first scenes brought to light and found more to our liking. :)