I for one will admit in retrospect that the comedy didn't register as much for me when I saw it, and that's why I didn't acknowledge it as much as I perhaps should have in my initial review. But I don't feel like that reaction is invalid; Lanthimos more of less claims that his intention was for scenes to be interpreted as funny or terrifying by the individual.

My response to the film personally was one where its visceral bleakness more or less eclipsed its dark humor, but obviously others feel differently and that diversity of reaction is one of the things that makes the film so strong.