
69 | Discovering (And Honing) Your Comedic Voice w/ Shantira Jackson & Dewayne Perkins
The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna
00:00
Comedy Is Inherently Dramatic
So many people separate comedy from theatre, and it's not necessarily a joke. A lot of times what you're looking for is the relateability. So do i want to write drama? No. But comedy is inherently dramatic. If i wanted to, i could,. ecause it is theatreand so if i'd write my comedy with no jokes, but even drama has jokee mean, the drama has joIf i write my comedy, oh, and then i put it on the stage and i you feel it, andthen i add jokes to it. You know that? I think that so many people the same thing, whith separated, imprave and stand up. It's
Transcript
Play full episode