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Swann:
Comedy is such a mystery to me. I feel the way Edmund Kean did. Benjy Stone:
The great English actor? Swann:
Mmm. On his death bed, Kean was asked how he felt. He answered, "Dying is easy. Comedy is hard."
Comedy is such a mystery to me. I feel the way Edmund Kean did. Benjy Stone:
The great English actor? Swann:
Mmm. On his death bed, Kean was asked how he felt. He answered, "Dying is easy. Comedy is hard."
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Comedy is such a mystery to me
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I feel the way Edmund Kean did
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The great English actor
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Mmm
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On his deathbed Kean was asked how he felt
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He answered
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Dying is easy
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Comedy is hard
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Movie Summary
An aging, dissolute matinee idol is slated to appear on a live TV variety show in 1954, and a young comedy writer is tasked with the thankless job of keeping him ready and sober for the broadcast.

