10000%.

I watched the first episode of The Righteous Gemstones when it came out & then kind of forgot about it, but I agree with the overall philosophy of this great point:

There are many great things that art can do, many wonderful and complicated emotions that it can provoke, but making people laugh is a crucial and underrated one. Making people laugh, particularly to the degree that The Righteous Gemstones has, is an unmitigated good, a shared and deeply pleasurable celebration of human imperfection. In the “prestige TV” era there’s been a tendency for critics and awards bodies to shower praise on nominal “comedies” whose unfunniness often gets mistaken for sophistication or moral rectitude. But making people laugh is a lot harder than not making them laugh, and a lot more important. The Righteous Gemstones made those of us who loved it laugh harder and more satisfyingly than anything else on television, during a time when we needed it. It’s a great achievement, and a great work of art.

Amen.