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n. comedy performed on stage by a single comedian.
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Stand-up comedy is a comic style in which a comedian performs in front of a live audience, usually speaking directly to them. The performer is commonly known as a comic, stand-up comic, stand-up comedian, or simply a stand-up. In stand-up comedy, the comedian usually recites a grouping of humorous stories, jokes and one-liners typically called a monologue, routine, or act. Some stand-up comedians use props, music, or magic tricks to enhance their acts. Stand-up comedy is often performed in comedy clubs, bars, nightclubs, neo-burlesques, colleges, and theaters. Outside of live performance, stand-up is often distributed commercially via television, DVD, CD and the internet.
Usage examples of "stand-up comedy".
The most resonant stand-up comedy requires a sense of rhythm and pacing, and comedians are often serious music lovers.
While awaiting sentencing I decided to give stand-up comedy a shot.
This style is at its extreme in the art of stand-up comedy, where the actor even talks to the audience about the audience's response.
I, of course, assumed they were referring to my performance, a seven-minute set of stand-up comedy.
There were other theaters, too, the stepchildren of the glittering palaces around the corner, our modern equivalents of vaudeville and burlesque, revues and skit houses and stand-up comedy stages.
Jack tells him he's got a future in stand-up comedy, no doubt about it, and then opens the door the bee has chosen for them.
Steeped in the postmodern broth, he's the stepchild of Borges and Beckett as much as Bester and Chandler -- not to mention music videos, the punk ethic, comic books and stand-up comedy, noir film.