define i always had a sort of sincere approach to the comedy he said i took it seriously even though it was a horror movie and a comedy i felt you had to sort of deal with it in a kind of realistic and honest way he always took comedy and the power of laughter seriously the great cliche is about how damn tough comedy is but of course nobody really gives that any respect he told the los angeles times in 2000 its such a visceral thing laughing so getting to the point where you can get an audience of 600 people laughing is really precise and intricate work my sense is were laughing at the same things weve always laughed at but the language of the filmmaker and the performer shifts