Jesse David Fox on the Age of a Persona
I talk a lot on here about a comic’s persona, how they create it, whether or not it differs from their person/self, if so, in what ways, and whether or no...
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Megan Garber on Comics as Public Intellectuals
This one’s an oldie, but I came across it in some research recently, and it needs to be in this discussion. Megan Garber, in an article for The Atlantic (...
Elahe Izadi on the Current Stand-Up Comedy Boom
Elahe Izadi, in an article for the Washington Post (7/13/2017), talks about the current “stand-up comedy boom.” Never before has so much original ma...
David Misch on Five Jokes
In his article for Splitsider.com (7/6/2017), comic, critic, writer and teacher David Misch brings up five jokes to make a point about authenticity in comedy: L...
How to Write a Joke
Everything starts with the jokes. Until you’ve got material that consistently gets laughs, you’ve got nothing – and you need at least five mi...