People complain that joking about serious subjects is 'making light' of them. Isn't that a good idea? Comedy lets the air out of the bully's tires.
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As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the time.
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
Comedy often comes at the expense of others, and to do that smartly, you don't want to make fun of vulnerable people. You want to make fun of people in power, and so you need to really understand the dynamics of power.
Comedy is so collaborative. You're going to come up with better jokes with people you like joking around with. It just makes sense.
Whatever makes you laugh is fine, and all we can do as comedy professionals is try to steer you towards something that we think is a little better - but not put you down or just perplex you in the process.
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.
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.
In order for comedy to be funny you have to play the truth of the moment. But if you're not being completely truthful to the basis of the character, its not going to be funny.
Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs.
There is nothing that is so serious that you can't also see its comic side. Comedy is a way of talking about the most serious things.