The functions of performance in stand-up comedy

We may watch it in tandem with another mute audience, but we relate to the medium in private.’ (248) In a comedy club, conversely, there is the sharing of jokes, the visceral experience of being part of many people laughing, or the isolating effect of being the one who does not get the joke. ................
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