Status is always ripe for satire, status is always good for comedy.
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The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.
Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
Life is dramatic and comedic at times. Sometimes in the most dramatic situations, there is comedy. And good comedy comes from a sense of reality.
Satire works best when it hews close to the line between the outlandish and the possible - and as that line continues to grow thinner, the satirist's task becomes ever more difficult.
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.
What's nice with comedy is that you know it's working if it's funny.
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
I try and write satire that's well-intentioned. But those intentions have to be hidden. It can't be completely clear, and that's what makes it comedy.
I love the satire and skewering of comedy writing.
Life serves up satire. Unfortunately. Or fortunately. I don't know. You have to reel it in to drama.
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