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Thứ Bảy, 9 tháng 4, 2016

How To Crack Fresh Jokes

By Kimberly Peterson


Humor has the ability to heal, soften hearts and break barriers. This can only be achieved if the jokes are fresh and relevant to the ears of your listeners. Humor must also be presented in an appropriate style to avoid sounding mundane. It is possible to learn how to deliver humor in a way that makes it appealing and enjoyable.

Preparation is at the center of any artistic presentation. This also applies to comedy. Comics plan their presentations including the order in which punch lines will be dropped. They work with managers and directors behind the scenes to rehearse their lines and ensure that only the hilarious ones make the cut. A lot of crap is thrown out before the actual show. You may need an hour or a day to prepare for a five minutes presentation.

Appropriateness of humor depends on the circumstances or context. For instance, a comic narrative at a corporate event is totally different from what is delivered to revelers or in a social gathering. Entertaining strangers also requires a different approach compared to when you are dealing with friends or your spouse. Proper judgment of the context will make your presentation appropriate.

Humor is amplified by style and language. A joke will fall flat or be funny depending on how the comedian handles it. What is delivered to adults differs from what is enjoyable to children. The length of your narrative will also depend on the time available. An energizer in between sessions in a workshop requires quick punch lines compared to a show expected to last several hours in an event or evening at a club.

A look at the audience will help you establish the best language and content to use. Consider a religious gathering for conservative or traditional faithful as opposed to a social gathering, for instance in a club. In some cases, humor is effective in making lessons memorable. In such a case, the examples used and manner of presentation should be appropriate for the subject being taught.

It is important to respect facts if the audience is to appreciate your spontaneous humor. As a comedian, you must research to establish the history that informed a certain perception or assertion. Understanding your content helps you to win the confidence of your audience including the highly learned.

Humor is taken with a pinch of salt on most occasions but has the likelihood of appearing spiteful. A comedian must be sensitive to the audience without losing the sense of humor. This calls for a deliberate change of tone to allow you to stretch your limits without sounding offensive. The tone allows you to still attack a group or person in the audience using lines that would appear offensive if it were in another context.

The best way to deliver humor is to go for fresh content and consider your audience. Proper audience judgment and consideration of the context will help you produce the best show. It takes a lot of creativity to identify fresh ideas that appease your audience. Whether the joke is a hit or miss will depend on your tone and style used in delivery.




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