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The European Journal of Humour ResearchThis study investigates the positioning of comedians in streamed stand-up comedy specials (SSCSs). In an analysis of ten 2023 Netflix SSCSs, this research explores the multimodal meaning making in introductory sequences as well as the humorous and ...
Thomas Messerli
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Semantic Approach to Verbal Humor Across Cultural Barriers in Comic TV Shows [PDF]
Journal of Languages and Translation, 2020 This research paper aims to approach verbal techniques of humor creation in comic TV shows. Comedians usually play with words and expressions to create various readings. The various readings are the basis of humorous incongruity. Following Raskin’s (1985)
Salma Kamel
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Stand-up that stands out: Analysis of gendered sequences from a Foucauldian perspective
Literacy Trek, 2022 This article intends to unveil the conceptualization of gender and power dynamics buried in the sequences uttered by Turkish female comedians in their stand-up performances.
Nur Sürüç Şen
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Miranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone, 2019 In the world of performance art, comedians have often been considered as minor artists or even have been rejected as mere commercial products. Yet doesn’t the stand-up tradition – defined by the delivery of fast paced jokes – seek to grasp the essence of
Xavier Lemoine
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Louie, Louis: The Fictional, Stage, and Auteur Personas of Louis C.K. in 'Louie'
Persona Studies, 2015 This paper examines stand-up comedy in light of the persona studies idea of proliferation of the public self to consider the ways comedians are represented and self-presented.
Melanie Piper
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Stand-up comedy as a hallmark of western culture
Journal of Aesthetics & Culture, 2020 The article examines stand-up comedy in view of the symptoms of Western culture that constitute the environment in which this artistic expression has matured.
Anna Kawalec
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The Neural Correlates of Humor Creativity
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2016 Unlike passive humor appreciation, the neural correlates of real-time humor creation have been unexplored. As a case study for creativity, humor generation uniquely affords a reliable assessment of a creative product’s quality with a clear and relatively
Ori Amir +3 more
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Discourse types in stand-up comedy performances: an example of Nigerian stand-up comedy
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2015 The primary focus of this paper is to apply Discourse Type theory to stand-up comedy. To achieve this, the study postulates two contexts in stand-up joking stories: context of the joke and context in the joke.
Ibukun Filani
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Stand-up Comedy as Contemporary Live Theatre [PDF]
Journal of Humanistic and Social Studies, 2020 Stand-up comedy is a new subgenre of comedy that widely watches across the globe. It is a form of aesthetic performance that elicits laughter and also brings succour and mirth to its audience.
Idowu James Adekunle
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Genre, Sexualité et Société, 2023 In the late 2010’s, the first season of a webseries about LGBT activists was broadcasted for the first time. During the process of casting for the show, the question of what type of comedians should be chosen to embody gay characters arose and a ...
Déborah Gay
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