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57. Stephen Colbert: Laughter As An Act Of Love

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

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The Relationship Between Derek Show and Loneliness

Derek show is about seeing and being seen which was one of the first things I learned as an improviser see and be seen here and be heard feel and be felt you know yeah. Mostly we get alone by putting blinders on not being willing to see each other it's a self-imposed blindness and it's associated with cynicismYeah that kind of blindness and so if there is a relationship between the work I do and what I most loved about what Derek was doing it was a it penetrates loneliness yeah it's funny"

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