The magic of the crowd’s work indicates a deeper problem in comedy

by Robert Scotchi
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The comedy is suffering from a problem at work, and I do not see it abandoning any time soon. The crowd used to be one of the numerous trade tools, but it has gradually became the main attraction.

In his heart, standing was always about telling stories: comedians live their lives, monitoring and report. We hope that they will not detonate in this process. If they do, the skilled comedy can pull the crowd work card from their back pocket and try to save their group. This makes it a tool. Listing stories is the reason for the presence of standing, and the crowd work should help support this, which is not replaced.

Listing stories is the reason for standing

A cruel fact all comic faces are HECKLERS. Batton Ozwal’s album for 2007 Wolves and lollipops It has an ideal example. It is in the middle of a little for an irresponsible position in one night leads to Costco’s trip to emergency contraceptive pills. In the middle of the road, Oswalt becomes calm and weak, just for a loud audience member to break stress.

The gear has turned to address the situation, the dipped in its collection is compared to the structure of the Pixies song, and the HECKLER is closed with a few sharp words, then delivers the death blow: “You will miss everything cold and die angry.” He was killed, and because the crowd’s work was smooth, he felt that he was part of the story rather than transformation.

Short media outlets have placed crowds

In the era of social media, the work of the crowd has become a tyrant because the algorithm loves the bite size clips. From 30 to 60 seconds is all you need to attract attention, and comedians such as Matt RIFE have built huge followers with their shorts. It is completely logical: a five -minute story will not receive an interest, but the crowd work is an easy way to display intelligence in fast shrouds.

Log in to Tiktok and you will see it everywhere. Some parts of RIFE are happy, and you cannot blame him for giving the masses what they paid for. The problem is that the people who discover it through Tiktok expect a full set of crowds. This expectation pushes other comedians to follow the same formula, photographing an hour of content to viral clips.

He works, but it also creates a cycle: the fans want more crowds because this is what built what follows the comedy in the first place.

There is no field for workshop

The biggest issue is how this shift affects the narration of stories. With everyone who carries the camera, Comedian The risks that incomplete jokes are recorded and downloaded before they are ready. Workshop materials are supposed to be a weak process, but if the hypothesis of half a formation leaks online, it will be judged before its completion. Why do comedians risk that when they can only join the room and download?

The work of the crowd is safe. It is one and is done, the easiest to join clips, and is less emotional to personal stories. But if the audience purchases tickets, you expect to see more of the same, they will be disappointed when the show is based on the actual stories novel.

The work of the crowd in the comedy is more popular than ever, and in the end the noise will fade and the balance will return. Until then, I do not know the number of other clips that I can equip someone on stage, saying: “Beautiful shirt. Where will you get it, the shirt store?”

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