Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end.
Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.
Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth.
Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it.
Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep back on the inhale.
You're entering dangerous land when you start theorising about comedy.
Comedy is acting out optimism.
Comedy tends to come out of things which are quite painful and serious.
I've always been taught to just play the truth of the situation. If comedy comes out of that, or drama, whatever comes out of it, at least I'm playing the truth of the moment-to-moment reality.
There's obviously a lot of tragedy in comedy; I really enjoy the paradox of what a really good comedy is.
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