Stand-up comedy is a comedic style in which a comedian performs in
front of a live audience, speaking directly to them through a
microphone. The performer is commonly known as a comic, stand-up
comic, comedian, comedienne, stand-up comedian, or simply a stand-up.
Comedians give the illusion that they are dialoguing, but in
actuality, they are monologuing a grouping of humorous stories, jokes
and one-liners, typically called a shtick, routine, act, or set. Some
stand-up comedians use props, music or magic tricks to enhance their
acts. Stand-up comedians perform quasi-autobiographical and
fictionalized extensions of their offstage selves.Some of the main
types of humor in stand-up comedy include observational comedy, blue
comedy, dark comedy, clean comedy, and cringe comedy. Alternative
stand-up comedy deviates from the traditional, mainstream comedy by
breaking either joke structure, performing in an untraditional scene,
or breaking an audience's expectations; this includes the use of
shaggy dog stories and anti-jokes.Stand-up comedy is often performed
in corporate events, comedy clubs, bars and pubs, nightclubs,
neo-burlesques, colleges and theatres (audiences will give applause
breaks more often in theaters). Outside live performance, stand-up is
often distributed commercially via television, DVD, CD and the
internet.It can take an amateur comedian about 10 years to perfect the
technique needed to be a professional comedian;[32][33] this is a
constant process of learning through failure.[38]
front of a live audience, speaking directly to them through a
microphone. The performer is commonly known as a comic, stand-up
comic, comedian, comedienne, stand-up comedian, or simply a stand-up.
Comedians give the illusion that they are dialoguing, but in
actuality, they are monologuing a grouping of humorous stories, jokes
and one-liners, typically called a shtick, routine, act, or set. Some
stand-up comedians use props, music or magic tricks to enhance their
acts. Stand-up comedians perform quasi-autobiographical and
fictionalized extensions of their offstage selves.Some of the main
types of humor in stand-up comedy include observational comedy, blue
comedy, dark comedy, clean comedy, and cringe comedy. Alternative
stand-up comedy deviates from the traditional, mainstream comedy by
breaking either joke structure, performing in an untraditional scene,
or breaking an audience's expectations; this includes the use of
shaggy dog stories and anti-jokes.Stand-up comedy is often performed
in corporate events, comedy clubs, bars and pubs, nightclubs,
neo-burlesques, colleges and theatres (audiences will give applause
breaks more often in theaters). Outside live performance, stand-up is
often distributed commercially via television, DVD, CD and the
internet.It can take an amateur comedian about 10 years to perfect the
technique needed to be a professional comedian;[32][33] this is a
constant process of learning through failure.[38]
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