Joyce Carol Oates @JoyceCarolOates · 03 Sep 2026
notice how Steve Martin uses his face in this sketch which so brilliantly mimics great silent film comics of the past. great, classic comedy is meta-comedy; the comic seemingly surprised by what is happening, like the audience. Steve Martin began as a would-be magician, as a
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