Why Stand-up Matters
How Comedians Manipulate and Influence
Seiten
2015
Methuen Drama (Verlag)
978-1-4725-7892-1 (ISBN)
Methuen Drama (Verlag)
978-1-4725-7892-1 (ISBN)
Funny, lively and unpredictable, stand-up comedy is above all a medium to be enjoyed. Popular as a good night out and packing the TV schedules, stand-up permeates British society and culture.
Ubiquitous though it is, we are generally reluctant to consider comedy’s social consequences. When comedians offend we seem ready to consider the potential for stand-up to do some wider harm, yet we rarely consider the good that it might do.
This book looks at the social and political impact of stand-up comedy in both its positive and negative forms. Drawing on exclusive interviews with comedians such as Stewart Lee, Josie Long, Joe Wilkinson and Mark Thomas, and examples of comic material on everything from revolution, terrorism and homosexuality, to knitting and the inefficiency of the home shower, it explores comedy’s role in determining our attitudes and opinions. While revealing the conventions comics use to manage audience response, Sophie Quirk demonstrates how comedy audiences allow themselves to be manipulated, and the potential harm – and real benefits – that may arise from ‘just’ being funny.
Ubiquitous though it is, we are generally reluctant to consider comedy’s social consequences. When comedians offend we seem ready to consider the potential for stand-up to do some wider harm, yet we rarely consider the good that it might do.
This book looks at the social and political impact of stand-up comedy in both its positive and negative forms. Drawing on exclusive interviews with comedians such as Stewart Lee, Josie Long, Joe Wilkinson and Mark Thomas, and examples of comic material on everything from revolution, terrorism and homosexuality, to knitting and the inefficiency of the home shower, it explores comedy’s role in determining our attitudes and opinions. While revealing the conventions comics use to manage audience response, Sophie Quirk demonstrates how comedy audiences allow themselves to be manipulated, and the potential harm – and real benefits – that may arise from ‘just’ being funny.
Dr Sophie Quirk is Lecturer in Drama at the University of Kent, UK, where she teaches stand-up comedy and popular performance.
Introduction: Manipulation, Influence and Stand-up Comedy
PART 1: JOKING IS MANIPULATION
Chapter 1: Why Comedians Need Manipulation
Chapter 2: Safe Space: From Manipulation to Influence
PART 2: THE TOOLS OF MANIPULATION
Chapter 3: A Manipulative Environment
Chapter 4: Manipulating Responses
Chapter 5: Comic Licence and Manufacturing Consensus
Chapter 6: Persona and Status
PART 3: EFFICACY AND INFLUENCE
Chapter 7: Is Stand-up Comedy an Appropriate Medium for Debate?
Chapter 8: How Stand-up Matters
Conclusion: Can Stand-up Change the World?
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.11.2015 |
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Zusatzinfo | 4 bw illus |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 360 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
ISBN-10 | 1-4725-7892-9 / 1472578929 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4725-7892-1 / 9781472578921 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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