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Through a sociopragmatic and discursive analysis, this chapter examines the impact of humorous irony on the discursive construction of feminine gender identity in subversive stand-up comedy. Drawing on insights from previous literature on this topic, we argue that irony is a strategic tool for ...
Mona Shaikh is a stand-up comedian, host, emcee and producer of Minority Reportz. She resides in Los Angeles, California.
Stand-up comedy is not a genre of theatre that I’m well informed about. The only stand-up comedians I know are Churchill, Eddie Murphy, and Chris Rock, and that is it. But when I got the invitation to watch Madam President aka Esther Kahuho in ‘The Man-Made Woman’ at Ken...
Stand-up comedy and female emancipation Through stand-up comedy, women in Zimbabwe can resist patriarchal power relations. Although there are still far fewer female stand-ups in the country, the field keeps on growing and female comedians keep gaining more recognition. ...
Sundstedt’s live stand-up comedy showcase of the same name, which she hosts at comedy clubs, has been running for more than 25 years. She’s presented some of the biggest female comics of our day there, including Sarah Silverman, Tig Notaro, Natasha Leggero, Maria Bamford, Chelsea ...
But stand-up comedy, Katow says, will always be one of her biggest passions because it helped her find her voice as she’s grown over the years. In high school, she became involved in student government and discovered her power to make people laugh. And when her family got cable TV an...
If you go to a club and pay to hear someone tell funny stories, it's called "stand-up comedy (单口喜剧)". Stand-up comedies first 1.___ more than 150 years ago in the US. Today it is very 2.___ in China. Some performers become famous because of this. Among them, there are...
This list of famous male stand-up comedians in ranked by their level of prominence, with photos when available. This greatest male stand-up comedians list ...