Evolution of Love itibaren Gece Kitaplığı içinde LIT biçim

Shiran Bassal shiran_bassal — Beautifully written from the perspective of a highly charged professor and psychologist. Love the idea of the answer being from the "within".

Jessica Marquez _esikina171229 — Mesmerizing and revolutionary book!

Gabriel Hernandez gabriel_hernandez — Surprisingly interesting book. I would not have read it had it not been suggested for our book club. The whole idea of reading interviews about comedy writers did not seem appealing in the least. My initial thoughts, "Why would I want to have David Sedaris tell me about how he writes when I could be experiencing his actual work?" I reluctantly cracked the pages and found myself oddly interested in the interviews of the various comedy writers. As I read, I found a few themes emerging, pulling each interview together into a cohesive mosaic of thinking. Theme 1: Good comedy is honest. It comes from a space of personal, social or cultural truth. Theme 2: Many a good comedy writer possesses an interesting mix of narcissism, self loathing, and OCD. Theme 3: Many a good comedy writer appears to live in an outsider/insider space. They occupy a place that connects them to others just enough to remind them that they don't totally belong. A space of utter frustration. It reminds me of standing at a bakery window. You can smell the pastries, see the pastries and even watch others eat the pastries. But, you are not allowed to walk in and take a bite. Theme 4: Comedy is deeply rooted in human sadness. As fellow book clubber Dean stated, "It is a way to help us process our pain." After reading the interviews I have sat back and paid attention to how much comedy acts as a space where one can acknowledge the odd contradictions of the human condition. Theme 5: Everything and anything can be funny. It is not the subject of comedy that is in bad taste, it is the target of the humor that makes it such. After reading each interview I asked myself, "Would I want to sit down and share a meal with this person?" I found that for the most part the answer was, "No." While I love the work of many of these comedic artists and see some of them as downright genius, I wouldn't want many as friends. I sensed an underlying anger and impatience in many of the interviews. This was a bit off putting. From Onion writer Todd Hanson's chronic depression to David Letterman writer Merrill Markoe's exhaustive list of what is NOT funny, each writer seemed to be coming from a place of extreme judgment (whether that be directed at oneself, others, or society). What I loved most about this book was how it brought me back, time and time again, to the realization that I find my group of friends to be down right hilarious. I have spent a lot of time sharing stories and creative ventures with my friends for no other purpose than to laugh together. And laugh we do. I kept thinking how much of my life has been driven by comedy. In an ugly turn of events, reading this book made me terribly self aware of my own narcissistic tendencies. I kept wondering, "Am I funny? Would these comedians laugh with me? Do my friends find me funny?" In the end, I believe most of us share something in common with these writers. Who doesn't like to be in on a good laugh?