Post #4458441
2026-07-13 18:08 UTC
"The dramatist admires humanity and creates works that say, in essence: Under the worst of circumstances the human spirit is magnificent. Comedy points out that in the best of circumstances human beings find some way to screw up.
When we peek behind the grinning mask of comic cynicism, we find a frustrated idealist."
Mckee
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@missmythreyi@mastodon.world 2026-07-13 18:10
"These angry idealists, however, know that if they lecture the world about what a rotten place it is, no one will listen. But if they trivialize the exalted, pull the trousers down on snobbery, if they expose society for its tyranny, folly, and greed, and get people to laugh, then maybe things will change. Or balance [...] To solve the problem of weak comedy, therefore, the writer first asks: What am I angry about?"