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#255 – Mark Normand: Comedy!
Lex Fridman Podcast
How Do You Write a Joke?
I want to almost explore the dark aspects of human nature more kind of connected to actual historical figures. My natural inclination is to go to like a dark historical like place like Hitler and Stalin. And almost so go to that place and then talk about something absurd there. See, that's good that you already know that you've kind of got into the core of your comedy already. That's a step ahead. Yes. But then that's why it's fucking terrifying to walk up to stage, stand there and probably forget everything. It's a feature to be super self critical, I think.
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