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These are theories about the person telling the jokes.

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Political, Social and Entertainment Comedians

Posted on June 13, 2017 by nwilson

Comic and internet sensation Kenny Sebastian, in an interview with Letty Mariam Abraham of Mid-day (5/14/2017) about his recent special, Don’t Be That Guy...

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Narrators: Unreliable and Discordant

Posted on June 10, 2017 by nwilson

The idea that we can influence people with words (rhetoric) depends on the notion that the speaker is who they appear to be and mean what they say.  Scholars ca...

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Comic Intent

Posted on June 10, 2017 by nwilson

You hear it time and time again, from both comics and scholars: in stand-up comedy the only goal is laughter by any means available (Borns; Gilbert; Horowitz; L...

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