Comedy and the power of the Human Spirit

Paving the way, comedy traditionally deals with the efforts of individuals to survive and create a new and better world – or at least one that is better than the reality the character find themselves in if only for a short period of time. In this way this genre seems to be a means of dealing with both human suffering and failure. This fact is found present in the works of Aristophanes, Voltaire and Altman dealing …

…is the comedy of the piece; however difficult, the passion that pushes the character for the better is where the creative and restorative power of the human spirit is present. As we know a good writer allows for a closer more personal connection between the character and the critic; pushing the character through the worst the writer resurrects both the character and critic and in doing so celebrates the true power of the human spirit.