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2019: Week 6 Speaker Books
Week Six :: July 27–August 3
What’s Funny?
Come learn and laugh with us as Chautauqua Institution again partners with the National Comedy Center for a week exploring how comedy changes us and, in turn, society.
- Comedy can do more than hold up a mirror to our world; it can, in fact, change it. We look at the potential of comedy — particularly political comedy — to change minds and influence decision-making.
- Among the topics to explore are: What does your sense of humor reveal about you? How can we be challenged by things we don’t find funny?
- We look at the challenging intersection of free speech, political correctness, and humor, and what we can learn from that uncomfortable space.
Interfaith Lecture Theme :: What's So Funny About Religion?
Even religion can have its less serious side, and in this week we will look for a lighter, smiling way to lift one’s heart and mind in the human enterprise that tends to take life and its meaning and purpose very seriously. Building upon our 2018 week on “The Spirituality of Play,” we will use words to play and to discover that seeing the humorous side of religion is a delightful way of joyfully leading the human to the divine. Be prepared to smile!
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