What do the following pieces of comic dialogue have in common? 1. ALLAN: What are you doing Saturday night? MUSEUM GIRL: Committing suicide. ALLAN: What about Friday night? (‘Play It Again, Sam‘) 2. KIM: I’m not a size 16, Mum. I’m a size 10. KATH: Country Road’s size 10. (‘Kath & Kim‘) 3. LUCILLE:…
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FORBIDDEN TOPICS OF COMEDY?!
Tim Ferguson Answers a Tricky Question: “Are there any topics you would not make jokes about?” “Thankfully, there is no restriction on Comedy in terms of subject matter. People are capable of laughing at anything. Because laughter is an involuntary act, a physiological response to stimuli that simulate danger, laughter and the comedy that can…