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Peter Ustinov

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

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Comedy takes important or serious ideas and presents them in a way that makes people laugh. It uses humor to highlight truths or concerns without losing the underlying message.

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Humor has historically been tied to the mores of the day. The Yellow Kid was predicated on what people thought was funny about the immigrant Irish. When you're different in a society, you're funny.