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Rory Scovel on Connecting to Smart Audiences

Posted on July 30, 2017 by nwilson

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...

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Five Popular Ideas About Audiences

Posted on June 15, 2017 by nwilson

Betsy Borns begins her book, Comic Lives, with a chapter on audience, yet while the motive for audience attendance is clear (tension release, in her opinion), w...

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