A new documentary suggests comedians are tortured geniuses, a breed apart. But it's time to forget the tears-of-a-clown cliche " they're just regular people working hard at their craftWith his new talking-heads doc about standup, director Kevin Pollak is trying to prove that Misery Loves Comedy. In fact, he proves that cinema loves editing " and is bereft without it. As has been written elsewhere, it's not a good mov…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:15AM on September 25, 2015