Comedy: A Mirror to Society's Current Beliefs

Nearly all people of today’s society enjoy watching and relating to the content of current humorist such as Leslie Jones, Jimmy Kimmel, and Seth Meyers. Not only do comedians provide entertainment for many individuals, they allow the true values and opinions of society to be revealed in a more pleasant and tension-easing manner. In his 2004 book, Status Anxiety, author Alain de Botton accurately emphasizes the crucial role that humorists play in society by thoroughly discussing how humorists are able to openly speak about rising issues that the rest of society typically keeps repressed. The content of comedy is ever changing as years pass by, but one thing remains the same. Comedy always expresses the current beliefs and attitudes of the public towards present

Comedy is an essential part of most people's lives and impacts everyone more than they realize. It has the ability to make one think, laugh, and ultimately change themselves into a more highly educated person. In today’s society, people have a lack of trust in political leaders and news writers; many believe there is crucial information being withheld from the world. Many members of society obtain their real world news from their brutally honest, and trusted humorists. As actor and comedian John Fugelsang accurately said, “comedians can articulate complicated emotions and arguments by using jokes as a framing mechanism, when just existing in the heart unexamined can be murky and amorphous.” He continues by explaining how “humour can be a social corrective” because it “validates shared experiences, gets us to think more flexibly and reframe situations in this shared experience we call life.” Whether it be a late night television host, a cartoonists or satirical writer, they all reveal the truth that others are afraid to directly