Right off the bat! Today's post is going to be a lot more deep and psychological. What is the main reason we enjoy the presence of something or someone? Yes imaginary audience, the answer was because the person or things were #relatable. This, in my personal opinion, is the main selling point for any stage presence. Most stand-up comedians will provide background on themselves and create this "character" for the crowd to enjoy.
Stand-up comedy is usually well-developed stories with punchlines in between. Crowds can enjoy the "immigrant" persona in which the performer shares their weird understanding of the English language. Accents are very present in this stage. Also, there is the "I wasn't that cool in school" persona. This hits home for a lot of people, which is why they laugh because they have either seen it or lived in it. Another persona is "the parent"; a personality that is basically everywhere. Most likely the parents in that crowd will think in their head, "Hey, that's happened to me waaaaayy too many times!" On stage, we are all just a bunch of characters.
With a stage presence comes expectations as well. If a performer hypes up the crowd to think he/she is a big nerd, the audience will most likely comply to all the performer's nerdisms and what for. Just know if suddenly the comedian suddenly talks as if they were also popular, it is certainly off-putting. Just throwing some advice: Find your middle-ground and don't forget what you started.
My final bullet is a positive one. Comedians are great, relatable storytellers that know how to setup up a character or persona. Next time you laugh think about what triggered that emotion and prove me right. In any situation, a good character always prevails. Big thanks to anyone's day that I have affected. Also, I hope you like my character which is not even made-up. This is how I actually am. Next week I shall return or whatever. It depends.
Monday, March 27, 2017
Sunday, March 19, 2017
Race/Ethnic Comic
This week's subject(whatever week it may be) is a sensitive subject. Although you and I will have different opinions on said topic, it has one redeeming merit.We can all agree that a majority of stand-up comedians make jokes about others' or their own race. And most of the time it is hilarious... to me.
If this post was made pre-2016 P.C. Culture, I would glide right through and blast a bunch of racist jokes. Instead, I will let the comics do the talking to save my own skin.
Race/ethnicity jokes have always existed, but early 90s and 2000s stand-up comics have perfected using the joke in a way that does not aim to offend. These types of jokes fall into the more relatable category because comics like to parody their own race by confirming or breaking stereotypes. Jokes likes bring the crowd together to share a laugh and smile. No one gets judged because everybody gets judged.
Here are a list of my favorite "race" comedians in my personal opinion:
-Chris Rock
-Kevin heart
-Steve Byrne
-Daniel Tosh
-Bobby Lee
-PK
-Dwayne Perkins
-Dave Chapelle
Feel free to share your favorite "race" comedians. Maybe you have the same interests as me? We live in the land of the melting pot because our jokes are so hot... Anyway glad you could stop by and I shall return next week.
If this post was made pre-2016 P.C. Culture, I would glide right through and blast a bunch of racist jokes. Instead, I will let the comics do the talking to save my own skin.
Race/ethnicity jokes have always existed, but early 90s and 2000s stand-up comics have perfected using the joke in a way that does not aim to offend. These types of jokes fall into the more relatable category because comics like to parody their own race by confirming or breaking stereotypes. Jokes likes bring the crowd together to share a laugh and smile. No one gets judged because everybody gets judged.
Here are a list of my favorite "race" comedians in my personal opinion:
-Chris Rock
-Kevin heart
-Steve Byrne
-Daniel Tosh
-Bobby Lee
-PK
-Dwayne Perkins
-Dave Chapelle
Feel free to share your favorite "race" comedians. Maybe you have the same interests as me? We live in the land of the melting pot because our jokes are so hot... Anyway glad you could stop by and I shall return next week.
Saturday, March 11, 2017
"Tough Crowd"
Welcome back! Mostly likely, you and I have not visited this blog recently. I will say this as much as I can before it kills me but I need this for a grade. This week, if you haven't read the title, is the concept of a "tough crowd".
Now all comics have used the term "tough crowd".
Now all comics have used the term "tough crowd".
A tough crowd is any crowd that does not 100% agree with the performer(I got tired of using quotations around tough crowd). Whether it be a flat joke or poor delivery, not all jokes hit. That's why it's called a punch-line because it is supposed to hit the crowd metaphorically.
Not really much can be said about a tough crowd other than the fact that performer is clearly to blame(most of the time). Tough crowds are boring crowds. Tough crowds are distracted crowds. Tough crowds just do not care for the material. Here is a playlist of famous comedians discussing their encounters with bad crowds on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon:
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