“Many native traditions held clowns and tricksters as essential to any contact with the sacred. People could not pray until they had laughed, because laughter opens and frees from rigid preconception. Humans had to have tricksters within the most sacred ceremonies for fear that they forget the sacred comes through upset, reversal, surprise. The trickster in most native traditions is essential to creation, to birth.” -Byrd Gibbens
‘It’s your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don’t take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.” -Betty White
“All humor is based on hostility.” -Neil Simon
“Humor is an attitude, a survivor’s way of looking at life. It’s not about telling jokes.” -Michael Shurtleff
A key element I look for in a play to produce as Artistic Director of Vs. Theatre is humor throughout. (It’s also probably the hardest thing to master as a playwright.)
Not jokes.
Actual, situational, truthful humor.
Because if you can get them (the audience) laughing, then you can get them crying.
And make a real and lasting impact.
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