Death is the only certainty in life, and we all know it. In the internet age, where we are regularly maligned for narcissism, exaggeration, and toxicity, a dry undercurrent in recent years has been the presence of jokes about death.
While it struggles to hold its own among exceptional company, TBS’ Miracle Workers is the latest TV show to indulge this fascination with what lies beyond life. Even when the jokes elicit more of a smirk than a laugh, Miracle Workers is part of a cultural and comedic moment that has the distance to examine death with humor, without making us panic about the end.
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