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Can You Teach Funny? Estee Stimler & Lana Saffrin Betesh on Comedy, Grief, Yiddish and Smother
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Estee Stimler’s mom is a Holocaust survivor, and Estee says that’s exactly why she’s funny. Her uncle created the New York City Marathon, and he used to come to Friday night dinner to eat meat while telling everyone he was vegetarian. Estee is a playwright, musical theatre writer, dramaturg and future comedy PhD. She joins Caroline in the new Miami studio. Lana Saffrin Betesh, a former lawyer, Jewish community leader and documentary producer, joins Eva virtually from London.
We talk about whether funny can be taught, the Mercutio effect, why a stage show needs heart in a way…
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