Showing posts with label Comedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Comedy. Show all posts

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Is Laughter the Key to Surviving a Pandemic?



I can tell you that, no, laughter probably isn't the key to surviving a pandemic. But it's certainly one of the things that will help us get through it without completely and utterly dying inside. I wrote the cover story for a recent issue of The Jewish Journal about why laughter is so important right now.

Really, don't stop laughing. Except when it's time to cry.

Friday, March 24, 2017

Last Laugh: Looking to Comedy as a Salve and Savior




The Last Laugh is a new film that deals with the question of whether one can or should laugh at jokes about the Holocaust. It's a fantastic film, and as part of this piece I wrote for the Jewish Journal, I got to sit down with our friend and comic Jeffrey Ross to get his thoughts on all things comedy and tragedy. Read it here!