Comedy is just to me, maybe it's a natural knack, if I can see where the joke is in the writing and I can see where the setup is and I can tell this is the way to make it.
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Comedy is like math - you can check your answer because you know you've gotten it right if you get a laugh. It just makes sense to me. I feel like because I've had to keep that tool in my box for so long, I'm ready to show it off a bit.
Comedy is so collaborative. You're going to come up with better jokes with people you like joking around with. It just makes sense.
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.
It seems to me that humour is everybody's way of keeping sane and standing off from the situations so that they can see it intellectually, as well as emotionally, and I don't know whether you've noticed, but if somebody tells a joke, it's nearly always a mini fantasy.
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.
Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.
Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny.
Sometimes, comedy and entertainment is not all about telling jokes; sometimes you just have to be you for a few moments.
Especially with a comedy, you've got the clear cut goal of trying to make a scene funny. It's not like drama where you're trying to achieve some kind of emotion or trying to further the story along. You're trying to figure out what's the funniest way to do something.
Comedy is one of the toughest genres. It is so essential to get the timing right, failing which the humour can fall flat.
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