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A new wave of comedies craft depression into art

Arnett’s actor Horseman and Sedaris’ agent Princess Carolyn are together on a long ride

SITCOMS HAVE BEEN SAD FOR YEARS NOW: CONSIDER THE hip, glum resignation of Louie, the fear of growing up that haunts Girls and the painful self-laceration of Veep. But depression is different. As author Andrew Solomon put it, “The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality.” To be depressed is not to

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