Without Feathers

What is the author's style in Without Feathers by Woody Allen?

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Woody Allen often creates humor by substituting an expected word with something that means the opposite or, more often, with a word that is entirely ridiculous in context. Sometimes this takes the form of a long, overly specific sentence that adds no additional information. The humor here comes from the sentence's surprise turn in meaning, as the reader expects the idea to go one way, only to have it stop or turn in a new direction.