Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.
Doing drama is, in a sense, easier. In doing comedy, if you don't get that laugh, there's something wrong.
Humor is hard, hard, hard. And if you fail with humor, you don't fail halfway. You drop the ball humor-wise and everyone notices.
If you think it's easy to write jokes about fried calamari, you've probably never tried.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people try their hand at this demanding profession (humor columnist). After a few months, almost all of them have given up and gone back to the ninth grade.
Comedy - particularly the frothy and frivolous - is notoriously neglected by festivals and awards. But it's bloody hard to get right.
What a sad business is being funny!
Most comedies are really hard to write, or to watch, because you kind of generally know what's coming.
That is the problem with comedy in India. Spoofing sells. Come up with original comedy about the hilarious nation we are, with funny accents and odd rituals, and we get into trouble.
It's hard for a comic to be joking when your lines can't be funny.
