So, the classic theatrical symbol of the happy and sad mask were quite familiar to me: comedy and tragedy, the two basic types of plays. In my mind, a tragedy was something that made you cry ...

"Sometimes comedy is really the only way forward through tragedy," says the comedian ... Meanwhile, across the sea on the same night, pop icon Madonna also shared serious reflections on the ...

The difference between comedy and tragedy is if you walk into an open sewer and die, to me it could be comedy. Didn't happen to me. Why do I care? Who gives a shit? But tragedy is if I'll cut my ...

Also, the adage, “Comedy is tragedy plus time,” helps us see our way through the sentimentality of insisting on treating sad events as tragedies. The tragic view of some psychoanalytic therapy ...

The Comedy Central show's latest episode focuses on balancing personal and global tragedies, and it's one of its best yet. Naming an episode of a comedy TV show “The Tragedy” is a big risk in ...

Tragedy and comedy are the oldest and most classical forms, first categorized by ancient Greek philosophers like Aristotle. In his Poetics, Aristotle defined tragedy and comedy as two distinct ...

And then also just about family. ROSS WHITE: With the dark comedy, that’s something that we’re always really drawn to. That line between tragedy and comedy feels very human and real to us ...