Amy Poehler: People 'medicate' with comedy
Amy Poehler thinks people "medicate" with comedy. The 50-year-old star believes the key to the enduring popularity of her sitcom 'Parks and Recreation' - which ended in 2015 after seven seasons - is that people want something familiar to watch during "scary and unsure" times. She told The Guardian newspaper: "I think – to get a little existential – when times are scary and unsure, we like to go back to things that we’ve seen before. Comedy especially is a way to medicate. "A lot of people went back to shows that they knew would keep them happy, that they could watch with their family, and they...