The modern comedy business rests on a single belief: comedy is important. That’s the one thing every comedy person agrees with. And that rests on the single belief that jokes change minds.
I don’t buy it. In my experience, people get defensive and double-down in the face of scorn. It’s just such a small needle to thread—to be changed by satire, an audi…
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