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randall 
"I like to watch."
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 Posted - 11/09/2007 : 23:22:47
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Stupe,
I just saw the clip, because my new computer finally has sound. [Seriously!]
Stand-up may be the most courageous form of performance. You definitely have the cojones, and a good bit of your material is genuinely funny.
If I were directing you, I'd say give some thought to varying the pace and modulation of your delivery: your transcript was funnier than your stage act [I give malaprops to the funky sound]: therefore, mix it up so we can enjoy the very promising material to the fullest.
Modulation? What I mean is, you need to introduce some variety into your voice; make a wave-form monitor show peaks and valleys. You speak. You stop. You hit a different musical note. [You were hitting the same high note during your entire set.] The extreme example of what I'm trying to get at is any recording by a guy named Lord Buckley. In music, it would be the Doors.
Pace? Don't rush through the jokes at the same speed for your entire set, as if you were trying to get them all out before the red light flashed. I know you were -- but I'm an audience member and I'm not supposed to know that.
My hat's off to anyone who can stand in a spotlight and have an audience dare him to make them laugh. Stand-up comics can take years to hone a simple 30-minute act -- but these days, with Comedy Central and HBO, it's all gone once you do your special, and you have to start again from square one. Even Jerry Seinfeld feels the pressure, but then, he's a natural. [Note his modulation, which you tend to forget about until you actually see him work, because Seinfeld impressionists hit on that very aspect.]
Good luck; it feels like you have the necessary chops, and there's nobody who can entertain me better than a good stand-up. |
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