The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same–dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits–the repetition through the ages is comedy.

Dawn Powell
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To be a comedy, an utterance, situation or event must be both funny and tragic. There can be no tension in a comedy. All the ingredients for a comedy must come together and the audience must laugh and accept it as a part of life. There can be no drama in a comedy.

A comedy must be safe and enjoyable for everyone. If the audience is not laughing, they will leave the theater. People who attempt to create comedies often fail because they don’t understand this rule of comedy.

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