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minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down3·14 days agoNone of those situations were funny to actually live through. They’re only funny in a TV show.
minus-squareClent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·14 days agoTrue of literally every sitcom.
minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·14 days ago“Comedy is tragedy plus time”. I like to say it’s comedy plus distance.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoI think both are true.
minus-squareSnowclone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoA man gets a paper cut, that’s drama. They fall down an open manhole and die. That’s comedy. Mel Brooks
None of those situations were funny to actually live through. They’re only funny in a TV show.
True of literally every sitcom.
“Comedy is tragedy plus time”. I like to say it’s comedy plus distance.
I think both are true.
A man gets a paper cut, that’s drama. They fall down an open manhole and die. That’s comedy.