humorNothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor it is the sign that he wants all the truth. Mark Van Doren Humor has historically been tied to the mores of the day. The Yellow Kid was predicated on what people thought was funny about the immigrant Irish. When you’re different in a society, you’re funny. Humor results when society says you can’t scratch certain things in public, but they itch in public. The best scary movies have great humor in them and a great story. This is a feminist bookstore. There is no humor section. Maybe there’s a chance to get back to grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal with human emotions and gets down to what people are to people. I like humor. People ask me what the most important thing to take on the race is, and I always say it’s a sense of humor. If you’ve got nothing but a sense of humor, you will survive. Throw in the humor, throw in that personality, try things you wouldn’t normally try. I think my sense of humor is Jewish. I’m smarter than most white people, which is kind of a Jewish thing, too.
Humor has historically been tied to the mores of the day. The Yellow Kid was predicated on what people thought was funny about the immigrant Irish. When you’re different in a society, you’re funny.
Maybe there’s a chance to get back to grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal with human emotions and gets down to what people are to people.
People ask me what the most important thing to take on the race is, and I always say it’s a sense of humor. If you’ve got nothing but a sense of humor, you will survive.
I think my sense of humor is Jewish. I’m smarter than most white people, which is kind of a Jewish thing, too.