I'm sure there are people who survive tragedy without humor but I've never met any of them. Nor would I be particularly interested in writing about them if I did meet them.
Look if you ask a child 'Would you rather have a fulfilled mother or a...
Humor results when society says you can't scratch certain things in public...
On the stage you're there it's live. There's a beginning a middle an end. When something is funny you hear it right away.