If laughter be the food of love, then laugh on. That's the motto of local comedians as Valentine's Day rolls around tomorrow.
In partnership with Comedy Central, 21 local comedians, including Nina Hastie, John Vlismas, Celeste Ntuli and Donovan Goliath will be posting special videos and pictures to illustrate their love — and sometimes hate — relationship with comedy.
The idea behind it is to #MakeLifeFunnier and encourage local audiences to fall in love with comedy a bit more this "love month".
"Love is tragic and comedy is a play on the tragic," explains Hastie, who will be dropping a skit on what is supposed to be the most romantic day of the year.
"People go crazy for love. You're either crying or laughing because of it," she adds.
"I personally have an on-againoff-again relationship with a rapper — and that rapper is me."
Vlismas says his relationship with comedy is straightforward and not particularly romantic.
"Look, if comedy had to ask me: 'Do I look fat in this dress?' I would not lie.
"I'm not so big on the roses and poetry. I'm the boyfriend that's realistic and won't allow you to feed into your insecurities."
He says that with comedy you need to give it extra attention for the relationship to last.
"As long as you make people feel good and give them extra attention then it'll work out. I intend to do just that on the day," he says.
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