"Comedy is to force us to observe ourselves……" — Michael Eric Dyson
"Comedy is to force us to observe ourselves in ways that are humorous and yet, at the end of the day, that cause us enough discomfort with the status quo to make a change."
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63 Quotes by Michael Eric Dyson
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