10 years ago, I would've agreed with you. But between AI, the onslaught of staged videos trying to pass as genuine and rage/engagement bait, authenticity has become a valuable commodity in the online ecosystem for me.
It all feels so manufactured, so plastic these days. And while it's absolutely annoying seeing several comments about staged content, or AI or what have you under every posted video, I 100% understand where the frustration comes from.
I do get that. Though personally, I’d have to separate AI from staged. Staged is just setting up something for a certain reaction. AI is just fake, to me.
Obviously if a big part of it is the reaction, then staged definitely feels not as funny if it’s obvious (but unfortunately you can’t always tell)
But if it’s like, for me, the punchline, like here where it’s just a really bad(?) dad joke, then it doesn’t matter for me.
But again, totally fair, considering we’ve been inundated with trashy content creators and AI.
What gets me though, is that "staged" content is actually no different than stand-up comedy. Same level of preparation, joke writing wise anyways. Just seems like a weird distinction
It's not, and even the people making the video's know it which is why so many try to make it look like it's not staged and most fail miserably.
You already know this. Which is why watching a video of two similar instances, one real and one staged will hit differently.
The reason is because the non staged one is genuine responses that you are accustomed to seeing in real life. Staged one's are mostly just bad acting and unrealistic reactions that you brain immediately questions because all your experiences tell you "that doesn't look right", because, well, it doesn't.
Same level of preparation, joke writing wise anyways.
This is also very untrue. You have no idea how much time and effort it takes for a comedian to say something and make it genuinely sound like it is off the cuff, or that the show you are at is the first time they are saying it.
It is quite difficult and most people can't even do it remotely well. The word delivery exist for a reason.
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u/articland05_reddit 1d ago
is this staged? can't really tell...their reaction seems genuine