Aakash Mehta’s Sometimes Contradictory World
Full disclosure: I find fodder for this Blog via both my stand-up persona’s Facebook feed, and a Google Alert for the term “stand-up comedy.” ...
Tag: laughter
Ruben Reyes Jr. on Humor’s Ability to Fight White Supremacy
Ruben E. Reyes Jr. wrote a nice article for The Harvard Crimson (8/14/2017), advocating fighting racism with comedy. His points Reyes notes, [M]aybe someday, wh...
Chattoo, The Laughter Effect III. D. 3. Comedy Formats: Stand-Up Impacts
In May (2017), Caty Borum Chattoo, co-director of the Center for Media and Social Impact at American University and a comedy fan, released “The Laughter E...
Chattoo, The Laughter Effect II. B. How Comedy Works: Creating Feelings and Breaking Down Complexity
In May (2017), Caty Borum Chattoo, co-director of the Center for Media and Social Impact at American University and a comedy fan, released “The Laughter E...
Rory Scovel on Connecting to Smart Audiences
In an interview with Oxford American’s Jacob Rosenberg (7/18/2017), Rory Scovel talks a bit about his relation to the audience in some ways that are impor...
Aditi Mittal on the Postmodern, Stand-up’s Power and Free Speech
Some folks would say, don’t you study American stand-up? What’s with the stuff on these Indian and Pan-Asian comics? Stay in your lane! Well, I just...
Dawn Picken on Comedy and Laughter
Dawn Picken of the New Zealand Herald (7/21/2017), expresses a few common and scientific interpretations of comedy and laughter, but she also expresses a better...
Ricky Gervais on Provoking Thought
In an interview with Larry Fitzmaurice of Vice.com (7/12/2017), Ricky Gervais has a lot to say about comedy and even people. All the same? Gervais says that his...
Joe Stapleton on Spontaneity and Hecklers
In an interview with Paul Seaton of Pokernews.com (7/10/2017), Joe Stapleton had several things to say about stand-up: It’s rehearsed On Spontaneity in st...
Update: James Davis’ Interview with StarTribune.com
On reading the interview, I made some updates to Intentionality – where I talk about the idea that comics are first and foremost trying to get a laugh on-...