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It is quite true - in fact, obvious on the surface - that the vast majority of dramatic shows and comedies, as well, advocate a liberal and humanistic and relativistic lifestyle and concept.

— Pat Boone

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I watch comedies most of the time. That's what I gravitate toward. But I think the kinds of roles people see me in are sort of the opposite of that. I'm not really sure why.

— Julia Stiles

Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not.

— John Hodgman

There is a strong ethical dimension to the best comedy. Not only does it avoid reinforcing prejudices, it actively challenges them.

— Steve Coogan

I've actually always wanted to write like a one-person show that was sort of a romantic comedy - a show that was kind of cynical about romance and marriage but ultimately embraced it. Because I feel like comedy is always cynical, inherently, because it's contrarian.

— Mike Birbiglia

Comedy and tragedy are two sides of the same coin. A talent in one area might also lead to a predisposition in the other.

— Jack Dee

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.

— Stephen Mangan

Except here it's more power, more energy, younger and also in Europe it's still not only entertainment. Theater or films are looked at as a moral institution. That's why maybe they're so poetic. Here it's clear entertainment.

— Maximilian Schell

✗Opposing Perspectives

If you say one gets influenced watching a character, I think it's foolish. Cinema reflects society; society rarely reflects cinema.

— Kajol

There's an absolute prejudice that good movies are dramas and comedies are more dismissable. But I couldn't disagree more.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world operates according to different rules than my regular human world.

— Mindy Kaling