a top comedian is a remarkable person

like a philosopher, the comedian can discover one
of life's bitter truths and hold it up before us

like a magician, the comedian can transform
that painful truth to a source of pleasure

and this feat is accomplished before we can say
presto change-o

check out Chris Rock in the video below to see
a comedian as a Philosopher-Magician

here, he stares intently at the audience,

then he lays out one of the darkest secrets
lovers can keep from one another . . .

and, somehow, brings the house down with an
explosion of laughter