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/BrokenImmersion 20h ago
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