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The Power of Knowledge in Pandji Pragiwaksono's Stand-Up Comedy: A Social Semiotic Analysis of Theo Van Leeuwen on the Stand-Up Performance 'Mulut Pandji Mata Najwa'

Eduvest - Journal Of Universal Studies
Indonesia, as a democratic country, has seen a decline in political participation from its citizens in recent years. Stand-up comedy, as a medium of social criticism, holds significant potential to voice political issues in a light yet meaningful manner.
Ali Muhammad Ramdhan, Feddy Yusanto
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The uncomfortable joke: disability humour as sub-cultural resistance in Indian stand-up comedy

Comedy Studies
Disability has been used in several movies and literary texts as a metaphor to instigate laughter. In contemporary times, Stand-up comedy acts as a dominant medium to defy the stereotypical conventional ideas that associate disability with tragedy.
Devika T. R, P. Boopathi
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Can AI read the room?: Attuning machines to the affective atmospheres of stand-up comedy performance

Comedy Studies
This article explores the potential and limitations of artificial intelligence (AI) for ‘reading the room’ in stand‑up comedy, a genre traditionally reliant on very human skills: comedians must acknowledge the performance situation and respond to ...
Sarah Balkin, Robert Ellis Walton
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Laughing in the face of adversity: stand-up comedy as a tool for improving mental health and well-being

Mental Health and Social Inclusion
This paper aims to explore how stand-up comedy can be used as an applied community-based intervention to promote mental health and social well-being. Drawing on the author’s dual role as a stand-up comic and academic, the paper reflects on practice ...
Rebecca Barnes
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The Underlying Logic Behind Young Chinese Women's Consumption of Stand-up Comedy

Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media
For young Chinese women, consuming stand-up comedy is not merely a form of entertainment. It serves as an awakening to feminist ideology, a method of learning, and ultimately a means of self-rescue.
Kaiyin Yang
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A Study on Stereotyping of Ethnicity in Stand-up Comedy

GYANVIVIDHA
Stand-up comedy is one of the important entertainment sources for the younger generation today. The humour involved in the comedy not only entertains people but also helps to raise issues and sensitise people about several societal problems and many ...
Anushka Singh, Gaurav Joshi, S. Surender
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SOME THOUGHTS ON THE PSYCHODYNAMICS OF STAND-UP COMEDY

Научное мнение
The article discusses ways to explain the essence of stand-up comedy and its increasing popularity. The domestic approach most often consists in placing stand-up in a number of other comic genres, therefore, the positive assessment of this relatively new
O. V. Pavlovskaya, Stanislav V. Romanchuk   +1 more
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Role Reconstruction and Rhetorical Tactics: A Study on "Her Narrative" Strategies in Stand-Up Comedy

Media and Communication Research
: In recent years, stand-up comedy has emerged as a critical public discourse space for women to address gender issues. This study examines female narrative performances in Chinese domestic stand-up comedy shows, focusing on the specific practices of ...
Bingqian Zhu
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Characters and Surprises in Stand-up Comedy

This book employs a social semiotic methodology to investigate how comedians use impersonation and expectation to create humour in stand-up comedy.It advances the linguistic cartography of how meaning-making resources contribute to humour in interactive ...
Lorenzo Logi
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Potensi Komunitas Stand Up Comedy Lombok Dalam Dunia Pariwisata NTB

Journal of Education and Social Science
The Stand-Up Comedy Lombok community holds significant potential in supporting the development of creative tourism in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). As a modern performing art, stand-up comedy functions not only as entertainment but also as a medium for ...
Daffa Satya Jaya Buana, Lalu Guruh Virgiawan Dwi Kukuh, Galih Suryadmaja   +2 more
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