
Theories of Comedy
Why Theory
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Shakespeare's Jokes Explained, Right?
If Shakespeare didn't write tragedies, we wouldn't still perform his comedies. Like I think comedy does not really have a great, it just doesn't have any staying power because it's, it's fleeting. And you have to be interested in Renaissance drama to have heard of them, I think, to support your book. "I kind of smuggle some modern stuff into it because then I saw this Joss Whedon one"
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