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There's actually ways to get around this.

There's actually ways to get around this." Why do we laugh? Sometimes it’s because a joke...

Explained • S01E17 • 2018

There's actually ways to get around this." [narrator] Why do we laugh? Sometimes it’s because a joke takes
something we’ve experienced privately and makes it public. Then that experience loses some
of its power. Like when comedian Richard Pryor
talked about how different it felt being black
in Africa compared to America. I know how white people feel
in America now

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There's actually ways to get around this."

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[narrator] Why do we laugh?

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Sometimes it’s because a joke takes something we’ve experienced privately

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and makes it public.

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Then that experience loses some of its power.

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Like when comedian Richard Pryor talked about

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how different it felt being black in Africa compared to America.

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I know how white people feel in America now.

Duration

23 seconds

Views

21

Timestamp in Movie

00:13:51

Uploaded

Jun 27, 2025

Season

1

Episode

17

Genres

Production

Amicus Productions

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Movie Summary

A documentary series that looks to explore the big questions of today.