What Matthew Perry Knew About Comedy
The actor gave his signature character on Friends a quality that is all too rare in sitcoms: vulnerability.
In a sixth-season episode of, members of the group make what they consider to be a horrifying discovery: Chandler Bing can’t cry. The revelation comes through a fluke (they’re watching and, confronted with the adorable alien, Chandler’s eyes stay dry). But the situation, as it so often does on , quickly escalates. Before long, Joey is accusing his best friend of being “dead inside.” Monica is interrogating her boyfriend, trawling for tears. All she succeeds in doing, though, is expanding the list of things that
