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This raises the question of the difference between a comic and a comedian. A comic says or does funny things. A comedian says or does things funny—that is, normal things in a funny way. Which sort of makes all of us with ADHD, comedians by nature. Though in our individual cases, that could mean either funny (ha-ha) or funny (strange). Or both.
This is the best explanation I can come up with for why I love the physical comedy in late silent and early sound comedy films (and Bill’s Adventures up at Possum Lodge), but I hate, loathe and despise clowns (since they’re not at all rooted in the real world). I much prefer believable characters in a believable situation that gradually spins out of control. Especially if it takes pompous, nasty authority figures who have no tolerance for anyone who’s different, down with it.
If you want a really good laugh, watch two of my favourite examples of this. “The Music Box” and “Big Business”, both by Laurel & Hardy.
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