9 Bittersweet Comedies That Portray The Full Spectrum Of Human Emotion

When I was making my way through The Second City’s improv and conservatory programs in Chicago, my instructors and directors kept telling us one thing to help improve our scenes—make a confession. When we went to a real, honest and emotional place with our scene partners, one that grounded our characters and got our audiences invested in the world we were creating, we would find the humor.

The truth is we’re just all walking around on this planet, each carrying our own baggage, and looking...