I think that for the most part, when I started doing comedy, it had become very commercialized.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I do mostly comedy, and it tends to be a subtler comedy. But I think that probably lends itself well to commercials.
I always had a tremendous amount of rage about the business, and I thought turning that into comedy was healthy.
I think people like comedies and I think concept driven comedies seem to be working when it's a clear concept and you deliver funny stuff.
I loved comedy all my life. I think it's a real powerful art form.
It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
Comedy is not commercial; it is risky, because what is funny in one place isn't always funny somewhere else.
In terms of comedy, there was a Seinfeldian era of comedy that I love but got played out. Seinfeld was great, but then after him it was people acting like Seinfeld and making observations that we felt like we'd kind of heard before, and then you're seeing Seinfeldian comedy in commercials. Suddenly everything is observational funniness.
Drama or comedy programming is still the surest way for advertisers to reach a mass audience. Once that changes, all bets are off.
I think it would be a good thing in the creative community if there was less embarrassment of this word 'commercial' because that's how you make a business.
I think comedy is drama, often. It's hard to have comedy over a period of time - commercials are one thing, but over a period of time - comedy and tragedy go hand in hand.