A show in progress. Photo: M. Vedhan
Many comedians are using jokes as a coping mechanism, helping to destigmatise mental health taboos along the way
Their jokes tickle you to tears. Chances are they have distilled their own tears to make the joke. See this one:
“You start getting condolence calls when someone passes away. I’ve counted and categorised them into five types.
The first type is when someone will call and say, ‘Hello son, she’s in a better place.’
[Then addressing audience] ‘Have you been there or what? How do you know it’s a better place, f ? She didn’t buy two tickets to Goa, understood? Better place, it seems.”