I've been thinking more about a "Season of Comedy." as we narrow the field of season choices. Susi and I were in London to see "Entertaining Mr. Sloane" Wow, what a tough comedy. Tough on the human condition, that is.
I have been hearing concerns from subscribers that our season will be "fluffy." Well, I think probably there will be one "fluffy" comedy next season, but even with this one(still a secret), we'll be looking for the dark side everyone else missed.
Trying to think of a slogan for the season brochure, I came up with "The Power of Laughter: To Escape, Expose, Enlighten, Empower.
It helps us escape from the worries of our lives, it exposes all of Pandora's qualities of human folly, it enlightens us about aspects of our lives and our culture of which we weren't aware, , and last, it empowers us to take what we learn and act. To change something about our lives or our society that needs changing.
Comedy holds "the mirror up to nature" and gratefully makes us laugh! Otherwise we might have to cry.
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