Stay Cool: Why Dark Comedy Matters in the Fight Against Climate Change Sachs Aaron
Stay Cool: Why Dark Comedy Matters in the Fight Against Climate Change Sachs Aaron How gallows humor can bolster us to confront global warmingWe've all seen the headlines: oceans rising, historic…
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Stay Cool: Why Dark Comedy Matters in the Fight Against Climate Change Sachs Aaron
How gallows humor can bolster us to confront global warmingWe've all seen the headlines: oceans rising, historic heat waves, mass extinctions, climate refugees. How can we mobilize to save the world when we feel this depressed?Stay Cool enjoins us to laugh our way forward. It feels overwhelming, like nothing can make a difference in combating this ongoing global catastrophe.
Using this rich tradition of dark comedy to investigate climate change, Aaron Sachs makes the case that gallows humor, a mainstay of African Americans and Jews facing extraordinary oppression, can cultivate endurance, persistence, and solidarity in the face of calamity.Sachs surveys the macabre tradition of laughing during great Human beings have used comedy to cope with difficult realities since the beginning of recorded time--the more dismal the news, the darker the humor.