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The Hilarious World of Depression

Julie Klausner Builds a More Confident and Dumber Version of Herself For Our Amusement

The Hilarious World of Depression

American Public Media

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.84.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2017

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Growing up, actor and writer Julie Klausner was too busy battling depression and daydreaming about an imagined Merlot-sipping cosmopolitan adulthood to really engage in the world itself. It wasn’t until she entered the world of comedy and improv as an adult that things really started to click into place. That led to creating Difficult People, a show on Hulu, where she plays a much bolder, brassier, and more oblivious version of herself.

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0:00.0

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0:28.8

expand. We can reach more stories and more people and do even more about bringing light to

0:34.8

the subject of depression. It's super easy to do. Go to hilariousworld.org and click on the donate

0:41.2

button. That's hilariousworld.org and click to donate. Is depression funny?

0:48.2

Is depression funny? Depressed people certainly can be. Depression can be funny in that like,

0:55.6

if you step back and look at how sorry you feel for yourself and the grand scheme of things and

1:00.1

you can kind of be self-deprecating about it, it can be. But when you're not in the mood too, it's not at all.

1:25.0

It's the hilariousworld of depression. I'm John Moe. We talked to funny people who are good

1:40.9

at expressing themselves and who have dealt with depression. Our guest on this episode is someone

1:45.8

who's taken her depression and neuroses, ran them through a character that's a twisted version

1:51.2

of herself and presented the result for everyone to enjoy. It all happens on a Hulu series called

1:56.8

Difficult People, where two friends ineligently smash their way through life in New York.

2:03.3

I love so business. The bankers or doctors get a breakfast tent? No, suckers. This is crap.

2:11.9

This is craft services for the casting crew of the good wife only. We're both. He's a grip

2:16.9

and I'm playing a judge. Oh come on. Guys, this is what's come to. Stilling food from Julien Amargo.

2:23.0

How else am I supposed to feed myself? It's Christmas rerun season. I don't have any recap money until

2:28.5

January when the bachelor starts up again. Hi, I'm Julie Klausner and we are in New York, New York.

2:34.2

Julie Klausner is a comedian, actor, writer and she's the creator and star of Difficult People. Hulu

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