What part should I play?

Today, on line at Starbucks this thirty something man right in front of me was carrying a huge balloon.  It was floating right at the level of my head and as the guy was turning around, the balloon was knocking my head. What mask should I have put?  Was I supposed to be amused? or was I supposed to sternly ask this guy to watch  his parafenalia? Decided to cast a cold eye and order my grande....dark.

Tragicomedy at nyt

Or is it a farce. Whatever the production values or interpretation  or even  Her personal views, the reviewer should have known that the comedy in tragicomedy refers to a happy ending, rather than amusing elements.

Dixit

There is not much to add. Precisely so. But what would be the way to rebuild the economy? Is the inequality too big to be felled by some thinkers.