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This is the problem with becoming successful in comedy. People expect everything you do to be funny. I bet the audience was laughing heartily at Steve's respons
by mildweed 16y ago
This is the problem with becoming successful in comedy. People expect everything you do to be funny. I bet the audience was laughing heartily at Steve's responses for the first ten minutes of the program. People are conditioned to laugh at what he says. But the moment he tries to be a multi-dimensional person, he gets slapped on the wrist!
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- tptacek 16y ago... and he hasn't been "that person" for over a decade. Shopgirl was, what, 2000?
- scott_s 16y agoActually, his stand-up was a play on that conditioned response. His act had no clear punchlines, so there was no clear cue that told the audience "laugh here." This is a great essay about it - and how he got started in comedy in general, and the importance of practicing: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/funny-martin-200802.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/funny-martin-2008...