Shahak Shapira: Humor is the one person who follows

It takes numerous paintings earlier than desperation turns into a punchline. On Wednesday evening, a tall, blond guy stands on a comedy level in Berlin in search of comedy. Shahak Shapira, a self-described “geopolitical crisis in the body of a Scandinavian dictator,” squints at his notes. The booklet incorporates most effective unmarried key phrases, underneath that are tales value loads of kilos. How do you’re making them simple, flip them into flying punch traces that take hold of line after line as speedy as gentle? Shapira appeared up once more. The temper is heavy, even with two comedians earlier than, other folks had been shouting, whispering and scrolling on their cellphones. Shapira didn’t do comedy for a very long time. He stated in silence that he was once on the health center. “I’m depressed, but I also have ADHD,” he says. A mournful murmur is heard within the target market. “The combination is good: I’m suicidal on the one hand, but I’m not focused enough to kill myself. At least I laugh louder.”