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Well, timing and mood in a film are delicate things, and a good director knows that a film needs peaks and valleys- it needs to keep building up the suspense and then releasing it, then building it up again, until the final climax. One way to release the tension is with a bit of comedy. If it's done well, it works. Hitchcock did it all the time. I think it's a valuable device in telling a story and I welcome a bit of "comic relief" if it's well done.