[UA] Unbreakable (Non-Spoilers with mild Analysis)

[Stuart Anderson]

Jason Schneiderman wrote:

> >>As Mel Brooks said, "If it bends, it's comedy.  If it breaks, it's tragedy."
> >
> >That's weird. I could've sworn that was Alan Alda in Woody Allen's CRIMES
> >AND MISDEMEANORS, portraying the jerkwad director.
>
> Correct. The Mel Brooks quote is:
> "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open
> manhole and die."

That's right. One of these days I'll learn to read all the e-mail before I answer
any. Maybe Steve Martin said my quote. He's pretty bad about saying quotable
things that are very close to quotable things others have said. I took a class on
comedy at school. Talk about your subject dying on the operating table. I've got a
couple spiral notebooks of pithy crap like that.
--Stu


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