Academics are considering how comedy can be socially beneficial'You know what's not funny?" said the comedian Chris Rock once. "Thinking about it." As if to prove the point, last weekend's Playing for Laughs symposium at De Montfort University in Leicester brought together academics, practitioners, educationalists and service providers to investigate how comedy can be used as a force for good within communities in Le…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:13PM on February 11, 2014