Comedians

Leadership and the courage to do so influences others and, if the leader shows superiority, causes followers to devote their mindset to that leader.. Whether in a situation of pressure or surged initiative, evidence shows the leader has an immense influential outcome for those who follow. Disasters happen everyday and we have those brave ones in emergency services who take on that exact leadership role in dire situations. These emergency leaders, such as firefighters, police men, and paramedics…

ways since then. It has had nine decades to advance into what we know as the radio today. People have enjoyed listening to artist, musicians, comedians, and sports entertainment for decades. The use of the radio has evolved from the 1920’s to modern day through communication, design and Technology. Communication through radio has stemmed from musicians, comedians, talk shows and news. Modern day radio has advanced through technology allowing music to be pre-recorded. Artist can add fluctuations…

Are you afraid to mention race, religion, or other touchy subjects when arguing the morality of public policies? In Michael Sandel’s book, “Justice: What’s The Right Thing To Do?” he explains that we must not suppress our moral disagreement by avoiding our fellow citizens moral and religious convictions. I agree that we need a more robust and engaged civic life, where we are not afraid to mention any idea or moral/religious issue with public policy. For years, the media and citizens avoided the…

A Dollar, as the title suggests, is a play concerning a dollar bill. Seven people come up with ways on how to use the bill. In the final turn of events, the group uses the dollar…just not the way they pictured it. Like Clybourne Park, A Dollar shared similar traits to a play: it had a group of actors, audience members, sets, props, a stage, etc. However, there were vast differences. For starters, it was a downstage production, meaning the location was not on the main stage. The area was a…

Child-like play and laughter exercises, forcing laughter apparently makes the mind feels better. However, isn’t this what comedians are doing and yet they are still not necessarily happy? Aren’t they forcing themselves to laugh while entertaining the audience? Of course, it is, and look, how that turned out to be; Both the Williams’ could not make themselves happy despite doing…

“Today’s College Students Can’t Seem to Take a Joke!”, written by Caitlin Flanagan discusses how college students cannot take a joke. This article, is about comedians coming onto college campuses to perform comedy, however college students take things too seriously. It talks about how the college students only liked the positive comedians that did not make any offensive jokes towards anyone. In life, there are many topics that should only be joked about to a certain extent that one is with; for…

(as in matters of sex or race) should be eliminated. Comedians do not care what comes out of their mouths as long as they get the publicity and are able further their career in any way possible. Jeremy Bentham’s philosophical, moral reasoning helps illustrate the need for political correctness in today’s society. In the article, comedians give their perspectives on political correctness and if it has a place in the comedic sphere. Certain comedians believe that political correctness has a…

Different universities come with different backgrounds. The majority of universities in California are liberal. As a result, Conservatives are the minority. Most seminars and speakers who visit Universities such as UCSB are liberal. It is very unusual to see a conservative speaker in the UC system. I Belive that liberals are seeking attention much more than conservative. Whenever there is a conservative speaker on the campus all the liberal students come and rally against it. They call they…

First time novelist but long time comedian Amy Schumer has captured my attention yet again. I love her stand up so I knew I was going to enjoy her book, but I had no idea I would love is as much as I did. The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo being one of many books written by comedians I have read, I fully expected it to be like all of the others, but I was so wrong. Similar to other comedian-turned-authors, Schumer opened up about the struggle to break into the industry, her sexual history, and…

(Oxford) According to Oxford, this inventory was in the high thousands. (Oxford) This earned him the nickname “Thief of Bad Gags.” (Oxford) He also emulated other comedians to develop his “fast-paced monologs.” (Wertheim 58) Further, he imitated other famous individuals like Carmen Miranda who was a “Brazilian singer.” (Wertheim 58). His mimicry became focal points of his comedy as it, “drew huge laughs from the audience…