We claim no respectability. There's no status I would not surrender for a joke. So we don't have to defend anything.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The value of comedy is that you don't have to be serious or defend anything.
- In plain terms
- Comedy is free from serious consequences.
- What can you take from it?
- Humor offers freedom.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What gives you freedom?
- Can comedy make things better?
Another view
Comedy often defends ideas.
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