I mean, they enjoy the very obvious skit about the president or the latest political story on CNN, but most people don't know who the senators are anymore. So political humor has taken a smaller role. It's how her family is dealing with her new skinny self. It takes on the whole weight-loss craze, body image and so forth, in a very cool, funny way. They have to adapt the lyrics, and that's where the comedy comes in.
Second City skits also differ from their predecessors in that they're much shorter.
A truer point to cite is that we're capable of absorbing so much more these days, and we're given so many more places to look for information, that we believe the audience wants to deal with us in that quicker format. We truly believe that our audiences would pay attention if we did that longer archival material, but again, it's a matter of reflecting the times. The Second City touring troupe will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday at Vanderbilt University's Langford Auditorium. Gannett Co. Inc. newspaper Use of this site signifies that you agree to our terms of service. Associated Press content is Copyrighted by The Associated Press.