Another good Jimmy Kimmel show last night. It says something about the time we are living in when a comedy monologue does not even attempt to be funny for like 10 minutes.
@manton I think I disagree. In times of insanity, I would rather offer the respite of non-political comedy as a means of escape.
@KyleEssary the film Sullivan’s Travels (1941) makes this point: only those who really know suffering understand the joy of comedy
@KyleEssary I get that too. There’s a difficult balance of not being too serious (people aren’t really tuning in for that) or too lighthearted (which disrespects what happened).