When you tell an Iowan a joke, you can see a kind of race going on between his brain and his expression.
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I come here as one of you - an Iowan!
Candidates should be extremely cautious in displaying a sense of humor. If he or she tells a joke with a point, there is almost certain to be some minority group offended.
People always say 'You do racial comedy.' And I don't, exactly. I do cultural comedy. Because race and culture are two different things. There's black people from America and then there's black people from Africa. Racially, they're the same; culturally, they're extremely different.
There's a difference between racism and people making a joke about something. There is true racism going on, and people should be able to identify what that is, comparatively.
If you can be funny, it means you're intelligent. Your brain is working fast.
The brain process that results in a joke materializing where no joke was before remains a mystery. I'm not aware of any scholarly, scientific or neurological studies on the subject.
It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.
I've always been 'ethnic friend,' without any serious moments, all jokes.
With a lot of comedians, one of their major attributes is that they look comedic, with a certain hangdog or manic expression. I look like the neighborhood bully. That doesn't elicit laughter.
I joke around all the time, 'I'm Asian; I'm really good at math.'
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