You can’t be an effective comic unless you are serious.
The Comédie Française presents Hamlet. Rick Mercer and Bill Maher shape (and echo) the political opinions of millions.
So did Bob Hope in his monologues. Laughter defuses strong feelings. Large portions of young people in North America get their news from comedians.
In the last few years, language taboos have been lifted. So have the taboos over radical ideas. Anchors are celebrities like rock stars.
Since Shakespeare’s days, fools have been telling the truth.
