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Comedy has to do with holding and releasing tension; it's very technical. It's more technical than drama.
Drama is more focused, and it reveals itself to you, whereas comedy is just right there when you first read it.
I like to do comedy, but I'll be perfectly honest, I prefer to do drama and more character-driven-based stuff, generally.
There is a strange sort of reasoning in Hollywood that musicals are less worthy of Academy consideration than dramas. It's a form of snobbism, the same sort that perpetuates the idea that drama is more deserving of Awards than comedy.