The functions of performance in stand-up comedy

In her section on ‘self and persona’ for example, she quotes extensively from Double, the journalist William Cook, author of The Comedy Store (2001) and Melvin Helizter, author of various populist ‘how to’ guides on comedy and comic writing, such as Comedy Writing Secrets (1987), concluding that this literature suggests that there is a ... ................
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