On Comedy: Are We Laughing In Dark Times? (2008 Sundance Film Festival)

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Depression, substance abuse, family strife, and suicide—has life always been this funny? Humor seems to be tackling pretty dark stuff. Is the comedy of perversity, taboo, and dysfunction just a means of coping? What are we allowed to laugh at? This panel may not have the answer, but we’ll let them discuss it for a while.

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