What Do You Do When Your Ideas Fall Flat?

Almost every profession is equal parts art and science.

The problem is, the “art” part is usually much more interesting, and the “science” part… well, the science part just works. Lose the art, you get bored. Lose the science, you get killed.

You can see this tension play out in season 1 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

Our hero bombs in front of an audience for the very first time. Each joke is met with silence. The punchlines don’t land. The laughs never come.