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




Sundance Film Festival Podcasts show

Summary: 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.