Synopsis Humor is a serious art. Context is key to landing a joke. Trying to be funny can lead to misunderstandings. Yet, humor can reveal truths about the world. A good comic writer understands grief. New Year's parties offer chances to get it right. Choose your words wisely. There are many senses of humor. Have a seriously comic new year. As a life-long Marxist, I have always tried to practise what Groucho Marx preached in the St Louis Post-Dispatch in 1927: '...all humourists are serious people at heart. The fact that they have to be continually funny makes them so....
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