Humor, without the Vulgarity - Make 'Em Laugh

"Make 'em Laugh" is from Singing in the Rain which was a 1952 musical film before it was a musical (1985- Gershwin Theater-367 performances) . I have no idea how Donald O'Connor survived doing the staging for this number. It is incredible. I think the character Cosmo was trying to get across that you can do many great things; be an amazing dancer, a great Shakespearean actor, do incredibly difficult things for people, but sometimes people just need to laugh. Life cannot always be serious. Cosmo illustrates this for a great deal of time, doing simple things, doing the exact thing you think he is going to do, and then having the complete opposite thing you expect happen to him. Sometimes entertaining is not about the seriousness or the story line. Sometimes entertaining people is moving them to laughter at the time they really need it. And sometimes you realize the general population does not want serious - it wants instant gratification. Either way, Cosmo is saying "Go out and have fun doing it!"