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Originally Posted by Beatrix Von Bourbon
I may pester you if I have any very basic questions  I'm aiming for 2 versions of the same act - one at 5 minutes and another around 10. I plan on making it so that I can easily cut/add jokes depending on the set length and audience response.. |
Of course you can!
That's a good plan, I take that approach too. My friend's dad used to be a comedian and said that you can try a joke out on an audience 3 times and if by the third time you still haven't got any laughs with it then think about why. Is it just not funny? Is it a joke that people don't understand? is the delivery/timing wrong? would it work better if it was written differently? etc. Don't worry about all that for the first one though, the most I could manage was trying to remember my material on my first gig, let alone anything else!
Just have fun with it
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Originally Posted by Beatrix Von Bourbon
I don't mean to come across as though I think I can create a professional and incredibly entertaining act within a month! I sure as hell don't!
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Don't worry, you don't come across like that at all!
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Originally Posted by Beatrix Von Bourbon
In many ways, my own reaction doesn't matter too much, promoters are booking these performers and audiences are responding.
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It does matter though because you were part of an audience and the effect of a joke on an individual can affect the reaction of other audience members because going to a comedy club is like sharing a collective sense of humour. You are more likely to laugh when most other people there are laughing than if there are some who aren't. It's like identifying with what is being said on many different levels and on the whole, the best comedy is universal, things that almost everyone can laugh at. Therefore, if you didn't find some of the acts funny, chances are there will be others who felt the same. At that stage of a comedy career the acts shouldn't be taking it too seriously anyway, it's all about learning.
and regarding promotors booking the acts, that doesn't really happen until you get very established. Certainly at my level it involves a lot of pestering club owners or people who run comedy gigs to let you have some stage time!
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Originally Posted by Beatrix Von Bourbon
I'll see how things work out. It's definitely a naughty, slightly risqué piece, aimed at the audiences I know best
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I'm so intrigued!
xx