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I suppose the fact the humour is confined to innocence and that innocence is so totally destroyed in that film, it's ultimately always ironic. An exception to that is Sandy's dad. Not in terms of humour but that, while he's aware of the evil around him, he isn't corrupted by it (or presented as naive the way Sandy's 'goodness' is), or the scene where Dorothy is reunited with her son in which Lynch delivers her joy entirely straight. I love that he has the strength of conviction to do that, even though I'm not completely sure what he's trying to say with it, or even if I'd agree with it if I did.
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