I thought they may have presumed too much knowledge of certain things for people who are not comedians. Like Montreal. A comic understands what it is and its importance, but someone else may not know about it.
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Great Canadian comics are often outsiders and insiders at the same time. That's a great perspective for a comedian.
I think comedians have a function in society, which is to make fun of our icons.
One thing I found very interesting about comedians around the world was their knowledge of stuff outside of their own culture and comfort zone. That's not very common in the States. We produce our own soft power, which is pop culture, but we rarely try to absorb and learn information from other cultures and countries.
As a comic, it's anti-comedy to be known. I think a lot of comedic actors get lost in this world of Hollywood and all this stuff. They lose what brought them there in the first place. I'm very trepidatious about it.
As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the time.
I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.
Comics write to their point of view. If you're an exceedingly irreverent comedian, you've got to see where that point of view fits or produces the most funny.
I think a comedian has to be low status on some level; that gives you the right to do all sorts of jokes about all sorts of different kinds of people.
I believe it is important for comedians to know who came before them.
Professional comedians, surprisingly, have a lack of humor. They're insensitive to the insanity of our times.