Patton Oswalt on how essential comedy is for society in 2015
“I think it is the responsibility of comedians to remain as irresponsible as we can, in terms of mockery and language. Comedians, we’re not the guardians and we’re not the saviors but I think we are the safety valve. And so, we are there just saying the unsayable, saying the rude, saying the obnoxious, saying the funny and the smart, and we just need to be there as the id. When I was starting back in the late ‘80s, stand-up comedy was this very frivolous goofy – oh, you guys just make fun of, you know pop culture. And...
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