comedy was about what was wrong with the world — people laughed because something was too big, or too small, or too much, or not enough. Quirks and e… - Gilda Radner

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comedy was about what was wrong with the world — people laughed because something was too big, or too small, or too much, or not enough. Quirks and exaggerations were the essence of parody. Irony and discomfort the grist for humor.

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About Gilda Radner

Gilda Radner (28 June 1946 – 20 May 1989) was an American comedian and actor.

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Alternative Names: Gilda Susan Radner
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I had been pregnant in the sixties, and at nineteen years old had had an illegal abortion that probably influenced the messy state of my reproductive organs. For the next nineteen years my priority was to finish my education and pursue my career. Now I couldn’t take my fate: You’ll never have a baby. That was the sentence handed to me. I began to beat my fists against a door that maybe I had locked on the other side.

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