Taiko article for Eye-ai Magazine

Marc’s article published in Eye-Ai Japanese entertainment and culture magazine, October, 2012.

Comedy is surprises, so if you’re intending to make somebody laugh and they don’t laugh, that’s funny.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

The job of the comedian is to know which line to cross.

A comedian is simply an actor who refuses to take himself seriously

If the premise is clear, the jokes will come.

Sketch comedy is about taking one idea and heightening it relentlessly.

The first beat explains it, the second beat explores it, the third beat breaks it.

The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow.