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Conversations: With Konstantin Kisin, Podcaster, Comedian & Author

John Anderson: Conversations

CHAPTER

The Power of Sad Stuff

Being a character in these sketches sometimes it hurt. And sometimes it was just downright funny. I don't mind a bit of cruelty to politicians because I think often they deserve it for giving me John. But as long as it's balanced up, as long as everybody's fair game then you go, well, look, they were harsh to me this week, but next week they're doing Julia Gillard. So that's the power of sad stuff. As long as it doesn't spell into,. there's a difference, isn't there, between genuine humor and cruel cynicism? Yeah. The humor we get now is just weaponized in the age of identity politics. No. It's destructive

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