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There is some brilliant pop music and some very poor classical music. And why shouldn't comedy be treated as seriously as drama?

— Melvyn Bragg

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✓Similar Perspectives

I don't understand why people think it's harder to do drama than it is to do comedy.

— Leslie Mann

Dramas need to have a certain aesthetic that comedy just doesn't really seem to need to have.

— Rob McElhenney

There is a strange sort of reasoning in Hollywood that musicals are less worthy of Academy consideration than dramas. It's a form of snobbism, the same sort that perpetuates the idea that drama is more deserving of Awards than comedy.

— Gene Kelly

To be perfectly honest, drama is a lot simpler than comedy.

— Nikki Cox

People think comedians don't do drama. Comics are drama. And what is drama, as opposed to comedy? It's all the same to me.

— Sinbad

Drama can feel like therapy whereas comedy feels like there's been a pressure and a weight lifted off of you. You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and there's a certain feeling when you're sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and it's just pure escapism and they're happy.

— Gabrielle Union

I don't hold any candle for drama versus comedy.

— Jo Brand

You cannot have the drama without comedy.

— Tommy Wiseau

✗Opposing Perspectives

Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment.

— Jason Reitman

Comedy has to be so much cleaner than drama. You can't layer it in the way you can a dramatic performance. Which is why it's more difficult than drama - you don't have so many tricks.

— Grant Bowler