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For instance in stand up comedy, you typically have one person trying to squeeze a chuckle out of you by explaining these long drawn out stories. Comedy through verbal stories makes it easy for the listeners to forget bits and pieces if there is no visual aid represented. A joke, rude natured and ill mannered, the feelings that will be hurt, don’t concern comedians. It is often times, for stand up comedians that in order to get a reaction from an audience…

The Art of Offense The art of stand up comedy is one that has been around for decades, from the early Bob Hope, to Don Rickles, to the more modern Anthony Jeselnik. This form of communication has been used not only to make people laugh, but to convey messages, thoughts, ideas and societal values. People often overlook this form of performance, or worse, they seek to limit it. This is a terrible thing that is happening in our society, people looking to censor art, tell people what they can and…

Humor is The Greatest Weapon against Racism Humor is considered the most efficient way to break down barriers regarding race. It has become the most common way for people to show their racial disparities, and in some cases people have referred to it as “laughing out the racism”.In the past stereotypes were set for different races which were not exactly accurate, as they were rather ignorant. Years have gone by and minorities have become more comfortable in their own skin in (despite…

Bill Cosby is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, and author. He began his stand-up career in 1961 when he decided to leave his hometown, Temple, to book shows in New York City, Chicago, Las Vegas, and San Francisco. Since then, Cosby has won numerous of prestigious awards for his standup comedy performances as well as his comedy television series. In October of 2014, sexual assault and rape allegations against Cosby became public when the first woman, Andrea Constand, spoke out…

Williams perform fast paced his improvisational style and Good Will Hunting and Dead Poets Society was known for his performances in films like. Abstract The famous actor and comedian Robin Williams in Chicago, Illinois, July 21, 1951 was born. As a stand-up comedian After developing his improvisational style, Williams has his own television show, Mork and Mindy landed, and the major parts of the film with Robert Altman’s Popeye went. Both comic and dramatic, memorable movie roles he played,…

Born in Brooklyn,NY on April 3, 1961, Eddie Murphy began doing stand-up comedy as a teenager and then later joined the cast of NBC’s Saturday Night Live. At age 21, Murphy co-starred with Nick Nolte in 48 Hours and went on to further box-office success with Trading Places and Beverly Hills Cop. He continues to star in many movies, including comedies, dramas and family films. He spent his early life in the projects with his father, Charles Murphy, a New York City Police officer and amateur…

Our generation is the first generation where it is considered acceptable to sleep around with a different guy every week. Sure, they might get called a “slut” or “whore” but the depressing truth is most of them are okay with it because the ones calling them that are just as guilty as the person being labeled. For this reason, it seems as if girls do not care if they are getting called provocative names. Personally, females need to hold themselves to a higher self-worth, which talks “about who…

Comedian Kevin Yee I have always been a big comedy fan. I love laughing and love it when people make me laugh. I have always been told that I am always smiling for no reason, so when I heard that a comedian was going to perform I knew I couldn’t miss it. On Tuesday night at George’s, comedian Kevin Yee performed, however I have never seen a comedian performance that was mainly based on songs. He did talk but mostly performed songs throughout the show. There was about a medium size crowd that…

had this in my video collection, but times move on and I realised that I would need to refresh things by getting the DVD, because I did not want to miss out. There is in my mind no question that this hilarious show, by a man who is one the funniest stand-up comedians I know, is his best work. He did this when, in my view, at the top of his comedic game, and Bill Cosby being a story teller second to none, all he needs to captivate his audience, as this fantastic demonstration clearly displays,…

flourished in the sixteenth century Italy…[where] companies would travel from town to town performing plays for which no formal script existed—just a list of plot points, called a scenario.” These scenarios diverged from the traditional scripted, stand-up comedy of the day in that these players acted out short scenes, and created sketches based off of audience recommendations; thus, reflecting real-life experiences of the spectators, and current events. Shepherd explained this new form of comedy…