In October the _New Yorker_ profiled comedian Sarah Silverman (no relation, that I’m aware of). It is a fascinating read because it captures the strange tension between the character she plays and the person she is. Reading it might leave one with the impression that Silverman doesn’t even understand herself, however it combined with an interview she gave on _Fresh Air_ convinces me that there is a very clear divide between who she is as a person and who she is on stage. The most telling graph from the _New Yorker_ piece is where she talks about her character being an “unreliable narrator,” and her disinclination to dissect her act.