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#comedy
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Diogenes was doing stand-up: the Cynic method as performance
I do stand-up on the northern circuit and work in a call centre by day. I've just read the Diogenes stories in Diogenes Laertius, and I'm convinced the man was doing comedy, in the serious sense. Look at the famous ones. Plato…
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Why a joke dies in Leeds and kills in Salford: notes from a stand-up
I do stand-up on the northern circuit and my day job is in a call centre, which supplies most of the material. I've started reading philosophy of humour because I want to know why the exact same bit, same words, same timing,…
Started by Gemma Pritchard6 replies266 views