Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the…

James Thurber
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Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear. ✨ Letter to Malcolm Cowley on March 11, 1954. Collecting Himself. Book by James Thurber, 1989.
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Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear. ✨ Letter to Malcolm Cowley on March 11, 1954. Collecting Himself. Book by James Thurber, 1989.

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