Megan Lehmann
From: The Courier-Mail
September 08, 201410:23AM
DEIDRE has a laugh like the tinkle of a toy piano, while Alex’s bursts out of him like a startled seal’s bark. Bo slaps her thighs and giggles hysterically. Natalie, new to this game, chuckles shyly at first, but soon she’s part of the group’s loud and lively refrain, wiping her eyes as wild, magnificent laughter echoes off the walls and tumbles out into the night.
A passer-by might imagine this disparate bunch of gigglepots, gathered here in a bare suburban studio, to be quite mad. Haven’t they heard about the budget deficit? Aren’t they concerned about reignited conflict in the Middle East? What about climate change? But they’re not ignorant. Nor are they blessed with perfect lives. Like all of us, they have aches and pains and sadness and worries. They’ve just chosen to laugh in the face of it all.
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