Why Stand-up Matters: How Comedians Manipulate and Influence

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Funny, energetic and unpredictable, stand-up comedy is above all a medium to be enjoyed. Popular as a good night out and packing the TV schedules, stand-up permeates British society and culture.

Ubiquitous though it’s, we are typically reluctant to believe comedy’s social consequences. When comedians offend we seem in a position to believe the opportunity of stand-up to perform a little wider harm, yet we rarely believe the good that it might do.

This book looks at the social and political have an effect on of stand-up comedy in both its positive and negative forms. Drawing on exclusive interviews with comedians such as Stewart Lee, Josie Long, Joe Wilkinson and Mark Thomas, and examples of comic material on the whole lot from revolution, terrorism and homosexuality, to knitting and the inefficiency of the home shower, it explores comedy’s role in determining our attitudes and opinions. Even as revealing the conventions comics use to manage audience response, Sophie Quirk demonstrates how comedy audiences allow themselves to be manipulated, and the potential harm – and real benefits – that may arise from ‘just’ being funny.

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