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The difference is American comedy is about the optimistic American dream, whereas British is dark reality.

The American comedy actor wants to play the hero whilst the British comedy actor wants to play the failure. We're better at laughing at ourselves.

We can get humour out of awkwardness, whilst the Americans find that cringy. We also don't over analize every little thing and take it too seriously, we're much more laid back.