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You Have Questions, We Have Answers (Mailbag episode)

Know Your Enemy

CHAPTER

Jewish Jokes About Death and Suffering Are Essential

I think all jokes basically function within the kind of social environment in which they're told. I disagree with comedians who think that comedy is all about pushing boundaries and like throwing bombs. Comedy functions to sublimate a sort of tension, anxiety, a contradiction into laughter. That means that comedy actually has this potential community formation function. It's true of both Jewish and gay humor, right? Exactly.

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