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Tag: Comedy

• In Defense Of Weird Al Yankovic — A defense of parody as composition, of silliness as discipline, and of the craftsman who turned the lowest-status form in the room into a durable institution.
• In Defense Of Gilbert Gottfried — A defense of comic nerve, bad timing, and the pressure valve after grief.
• In Defense Of Andrew Silverstein — A defense of character work, performance masks, and the difference between Andrew Silverstein and the creature called Dice.