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TV’s Current Craze Is The Comedic Weepie
Dec. 13th, 2024 03:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
feuriooFrom ‘Shrinking’ to ‘Somebody Somewhere’ to ‘A Man On The Inside,’ laughing while crying is the trend this season.
As Pagliacci and Smokey Robinson could tell you, there’s nothing new about the intersection of mirth and melancholy. Laughter and tears are both reactive, one more traditionally public and the other normally reserved for private, but each a sign of something involuntary and each capable of providing a different kind of catharsis. And catharsis may be what viewers need even more than escape in a world of relentless news about war, intolerance and fractured ideologies.
Read the full article over at HollywoodReporter.com.
Do you know any other shows that deal with serious topics in a funny, insightful way? If you have seen ‘Shrinking’, ‘Somebody Somewhere’ or ‘A Man On The Inside,’, do you laugh or cry (or both?) while watching?
