Comedic Critique Quotes

When you're laughing aloud at David Sedaris' every sentence, it's easy to miss the more serious side of what he's up to.

I am the jongleur. I leap and pirouette, and make you laugh. I make fun of those in power, and I show you how puffed up and conceited are the big shots who go around making wars in which we are the ones who get slaughtered. I reveal them for what they are. I pull out the plug, and... pssss... they deflate.

The Chameleon's face reminded Aristotle of a Baboon. Aristotle wasn't much of a looker himself.

When a monk takes a vow of silence, is he still allowed to post messages on the Internet? Chances are God won't find out. Being ancient, God probably can't work computers. He holds the mouse gingerly, like it's made of fine china.

All humour is critical, you know? You make stupid jokes. I mean, stupidity is an infirmity, isn't it?

If Dracula can’t see his reflection, how come his parting’s always neat?

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a delusional Housewife in possession of an audience must be in want of a ludicrous storyline.

Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it.

... it is a fact universally acknowledged that a husband is the most ridiculous thing on earth, except for a bachelor.

If I had a choice, I would rather watch a comedian not involve themselves in politics at all but be hilarious than someone who doesn't really know what they're talking about getting on their soapbox and complaining.

I tend to find comedy in dark places. I also tend to find comedy in taking on the status quo - which has always been something I find important.

Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.

I love the satire and skewering of comedy writing.

Even hostile parodies admit from the start that the target has a distinct voice.

Doing political comedy you do feel guilty that you aren't trying to change problems, you are merely exploiting them for your own financial gain.

I think the problems with comedians that are political, and there are some brilliant ones, are the ones that offer no solutions. Not that there's a moral obligation for a comic to fix things, but I like to see a comic that's upset about something and offer a solution. It can be a funny solution. I like to see the thought process.

Holey? You have the the whole world of ear-related humor before you, you go for holey?

Now, I'm not onboard with the argument that jokes are destructive to humanity. There are bigger issues, and I do not necessarily subscribe to the belief that jokes perpetuate violence and racism. They lampoon those things most of the time. But I could be wrong about that. I'm not a sociologist or an expert.

Ricky Gervais has jokes about people with disabilities, but do I think that's a healthy thing? Yes, I really do, because he's chosen his targets very carefully, and he's thought about what he's doing.

Pearl Harbor? Michael Bay doing a movie about the single most devastating, most holy day in United States military history? Why, that's like the Three Stooges doing a Holocaust movie. Or Barney doing 'Hamlet'.