dying is easy, young man, comedy is harder
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“Dying is Easy, Young Man,Comedy is Harder”
Curtis C. ChenFebruary 17, 2017
Rainforest Writers Village (Session One)
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“Yo, who the F is this?”
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“leaven[s] the suspense with Kangaroo’s droll quips” – Publishers Weekly
“our hero never loses his sense of humor” – Kirkus Reviews
“laugh-out-loud humor” – Jason M. Hough, New York Times bestselling author
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Academy Award nominated
screenwriter Allison
Schroeder
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What is Funny?To crush your enemies—no, wait, that’s something
else.
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I can’t tell you how to be funny.
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Types of ComedyTypes of Comedy
Mmm… PIE…
Types of Comedy
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Types of Comedy
PHYSICAL INTELLECTUAL
Types of Comedy
EMOTIONAL
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Types of Comedy
PHYSICAL INTELLECTUAL
EMOTIONAL
The Three StoogesRoad Runner cartoons
Buster Keaton
Hamilton referencesNew Yorker cartoons
puns & wordplay
EVERYTHING ELSE…
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Types of Comedy
EMOTIONALPHYSICAL
INTELLECTUAL
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Comedy vs. HumorSave the Laugh Track, Save the World
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You can be funny without telling jokes.
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LOUDER, FASTER, FUNNIER
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(recognition laugh)
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How I Met Your Mother House, M.D.
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John Rogers Jane Espenson Keegan-Michael Key &Jordan Peele
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Cultural DiversityMmm… Cultures…
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Not everyone shares your sense of humor.
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Can you tell that joke?
Should you tell that joke?
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Humor has a price.
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“punching down”
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SO WHY ISN’T THIS “RACIST”?
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PhonologyWill Scarsdale Like Josh’s Shayna Punim?
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Sorry Not Sorry!¯\_(ツ )_/¯
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