'4000 MILES' The second of Ms. Herzog's plays to make my list, this delicately drawn comedy-drama featured superlative performances by the veteran Mary Louise Wilson, as an aging lefty grandmother, and the talented newcomer Gabriel Ebert as her grandson.
An appealingly straight-talking and opinionated comedian who draws comedy from racial issues without resorting to hackneyed self-stereotyping, he offers a distinctive voice that deserves to get traction in a comedy scene dominated by middle-class white guys.
As a simple yet highly distinctive phrase with the potential to co-opt other cultural reference points, it got social media going, drawing comedy connections with everyone from Aunt Becky from 90s sitcom Full House to a 2012 meme that had recast Taylor Swift as a deceased marijuana snorter named Becky.
Mr. Kubrick's straight-faced satire may include bizarre characters with ridiculous names -- Gen. Jack D. Ripper, President Merkin Muffley and, of course, Col. Bat Guano -- but they always deliver their lines with complete conviction, drawing comedy from the contrast between the serious line readings and the utter silliness of what's being said.
Aware of his conspicuous devices, Ophüls draws comedy from them, too, as when, because of the double exposures by which the ghosts are created onscreen, other characters seem to walk through them, and the late husband claims that they make him itch all over.
Aniston's reservations about Hollywood saving the great comedy roles for men are well-established, so why is she continually drawn to comedy?
T.T.: Have you always been drawn to comedy?
I can relate to people who are drawn to comedy, and I can work really well with them.
"Comedy on BBC3 has to really stand out, so A Brief History of Tim – with so many taboos it's in no danger of being easily ignored – walks the tightrope of where the line is drawn for comedy".
But Scott explained that he found himself drawn to comedy, and later became a stand-up himself, doing open mic nights and attending San Francisco Comedy College.
