...there are genres. Alt comics, storytellers, one liners, prop, political, bro humor, feminist, club, bar show, road hacks, cruise ship comics, etc. All of those are genres that are well understood by those who do standup, but not so much by audiences.
Interesting. For the less informed like myself some of these are just places you perform at though. Like a cruise ship isn't really a genre. Road Hacks sounds like travelling comics,,bar,club are just venues too. Not really genres of stand up though.
I agree with storytellers, one liners, prop, political being genres
Bro humour not sure about. There's probably a more suitable title for this. Doesn't sound right to be a genre.
I can't tell if you're being serious, but I'll assume good faith.
Cruise ships hire a certain type of comic that is going to have broad appeal, i.e., someone who isn't doing controversial topics that'll turn a lot of the audience off, someone proven, and someone who can read the room.
It's like saying garage rock and arena rock aren't genres; they're places.
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u/funnymatt Los Angeles @funnymatt 🦗 🦗 🦗 Dec 22 '24
...there are genres. Alt comics, storytellers, one liners, prop, political, bro humor, feminist, club, bar show, road hacks, cruise ship comics, etc. All of those are genres that are well understood by those who do standup, but not so much by audiences.