Humor [in a scene] is not jokes. It is that attitude toward being aliv…

Michael Shurtleff
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Humor [in a scene] is not jokes. It is that attitude toward being alive without which you would long ago have jumped off the 59th Street Bridge.
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Humor [in a scene] is not jokes. It is that attitude toward being alive without which you would long ago have jumped off the 59th Street Bridge.

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