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I understand the point to be that a standup routine is generally a crafted product, designed to create a 'laugh climax'; that editing would be used to support t

by ruytlm 8y ago

I understand the point to be that a standup routine is generally a crafted product, designed to create a 'laugh climax'; that editing would be used to support this structure for the video seems to only reinforce the argument in the article.

glibgil 8y ago
> that editing would be used to support this structure for the video seems to only reinforce the argument in the article The article measures the time between big laughs. That timing is not what happened in the auditorium. It's not worth measuring. The data was edited and cannot tell you anything about precise timing. Why doesn't the author of the article acknowledge this?