Maeve Higgins: ‘South Side’ laughs help quell my fury with comedy shows

The rage I feel when comedy writers decide against going for laughs and reach for the the weighted blanket that is ‘dramedy’ has been somewhat lifted by the big-hearted, knee-slapping, belly laugh of a sitcom set in the southside of Chicago

Vanessa De Luca, Bashir Salahuddin, Chandra Russell and Diallo Riddle at the ‘South Side’ season two screening. Picture: Randy Shropshire/Getty

Watching comedy shows on television should not make a person furious, but that is precisely what happens to me. Not always, but often.

You see, I fill with rage when comedy writers don’t try to be funny. I don’t get angry if they’re funny in a way that I don’t enjoy or if they mess up and push it too far. I appreciate any effort to make me laugh, truly — even failed attempts please me no end.