tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post2741138116822511718..comments2023-10-19T08:34:33.350-07:00Comments on The Chaos Of Death: Steve Martin on Fear and LaughsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-82505459834940933922008-01-26T13:27:00.000-08:002008-01-26T13:27:00.000-08:00I was born with a heart murmur. (and believe if or...I was born with a heart murmur. (and believe if or not, Shingles)The doctors said it might go away as I got older. It never has. Every time I go in for a check-up or whatever, the doctor puts the stethoscope to my chest, has me breathe in, and then after awhile the doctor will pull back, pace the room and ask quietly "Do you know you have a heart murmur?" I do know this but I have come to enjoy the doctor's uncomfortableness with having to ask if I know. So my heart murmur has also caused laughter for me, and yes, a whole lot of tension and anxiety.The Fool Machine Collectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11541950796758171130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-7905885230800472492008-01-26T10:33:00.000-08:002008-01-26T10:33:00.000-08:00I also love that passion about tension....Okay I a...I also love that passion about tension....Okay I actually meant to write, that "passage" about tension, but I guess either is appropriate. It describes my favorite kind of humor perfectly. In fact I once dated a circus clown and we had a whole argument about this. <BR/><BR/>And what, my friends, is a greater release of tension, then death?<BR/><BR/>Um, also, Jay Mohr (comedian) wrote an autobiography that I didn't read but am quoting second-hand, in which he also suffered from anxiety. And his doctor told him that such high levels of anxiety, panic attacks, depression and such were statistically most common among medical students and actors in their twenties. hm.Tanyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05285702035121141006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-82940672754057919702008-01-25T17:52:00.000-08:002008-01-25T17:52:00.000-08:00I really like what Steve Martin has to say about c...I really like what Steve Martin has to say about comedic tension. About denying the audience a punch line and by doing so forcing them to laugh at what they choose (the desperation, perhaps the absurdity of the performance or something they read into, or the comedian himself). Not producing a punch line, or even more so an anticlimax, is counter intuitive for a comedian. For someone, who expected to produce laughter, to walk up on stage and not allow himself to break the tension (and thus create laughter) has a good deal of integrity. <BR/><BR/>I plan on reading that bookpbsebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06020150611903057213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-19227361852141293462008-01-25T11:29:00.000-08:002008-01-25T11:29:00.000-08:00Yay, Steve Martin, yay!Yay, Steve Martin, yay!dinabearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15489614574554657689noreply@blogger.com