Comedy is to force us to observe ourselves in ways that are humorous and yet, at the end of the day, that cause us enough discomfort with the status quo to make a change.
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Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth.
Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing. We set no styles, no standards. We're reflections. It's a distorted mirror in the fun house. We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
The first purpose of comedy is to make people laugh. Anything deeper is a bonus. Some comedians want to make people laugh and make them think about socially relevant issues, but comedy, by the very nature of the word, is to make people laugh. If people aren't laughing, it's not comedy. It's as simple as that.
What's great about comedy, obviously, is that you set up a situation that people assume one thing and then you break the assumption. That's basically the backbone to comedy. You set up a situation, let people make an assumption, and then you break the assumption.
The thing about comedy is it gives you a platform to expose your own shortcomings, so it becomes a public display of weirdness.
I am a passionate believer that comedy is a way of tackling some of the most dark and difficult aspects of being a human being.
In life, comedy occurs naturally, as it should, in the most appalling of circumstances.
I think that comedy is one of the more serious things that you can do in our day, especially in the world that we're living in.
Now the point of comedy is not just looking funny, it's use of language. We have at our disposal a great language... and the imaginative, creative use of that language can be at the service of humour.
To me the goal of comedy is to just laugh, which is a really high hearted thing, visceral connection and reaction.
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