collective: Volume 1, Summer | Page 18

It’s also a form of art, one that can be traced straight back to the ancient Greeks, who enshrined comedy as a lasting literary endeavor. Even Aristotle, who was by all accounts a rather obtuse character, insisted that comedy was a noble end. So it has a long tradition, a rich legacy. For ages, comedians have used wit, satire, parody, irony, and many other variations of laughter to both cope with existi