yes sean penn’s delivery throughout the movie is outrageous and larger than life, with a specificity that is extremely funny at times. leo’s reactions are also dramatic. in this instance, i think the context really turns it more towards a scene of dread than any real humor. imo!
i think what makes the reaction so intense is that lockjaw’s talking about his literal infant daughter that he’s buying diapers for. it’s both a racist and pedophilic comment so why would his reaction be considered funny and not appropriately horrified
I think the cool thing to me about seeing all the trans Jax art despite not being in the TADC fandom is that it really spells out to me that a lot of people feel a genuine heartbreak and sometimes relating to the feeling of being in that much pain from shame and pushing it down.
People are taking this way too seriously. It was a joke over how she keeps playing therapist. She doesn’t say it to Gangle directly, she’s saying it out loud so we, the audience, can hear it and get a chuckle.