There are a couple of hoary actors who became brilliant comedians bc of the uncanny skill of playing comic roles w pure dramatic sincerity
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It's well known now that Leslie Nielsen made that transition -- playing the same character he did in dramas to great effect in comedies
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Adam West belongs in that hall of fame and it's a shame it got downplayed bc people only remembered Batman
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Norm Macdonald, I remember, gave an interview abt resenting being pushed into acting bc he wasn't much good at it
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And said that acting in a comedy film or TV show was a fundamentally different skill than being a stand-up comedian
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And the best comedies involved great dramatic actors who were placed by funny writers in absurd situations they played straight
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*Telling* the joke being very different from *being* the joke
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