Why Stand-up Matters

Why Stand-up Matters PDF

Author: Sophie Quirk

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-11-19

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1472578945

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Funny, lively and unpredictable, stand-up comedy is above all a medium to be enjoyed. Popular as a good night out and packing the TV schedules, stand-up permeates British society and culture. Ubiquitous though it is, we are generally reluctant to consider comedy's social consequences. When comedians offend we seem ready to consider the potential for stand-up to do some wider harm, yet we rarely consider the good that it might do. This book looks at the social and political impact of stand-up comedy in both its positive and negative forms. Drawing on exclusive interviews with comedians such as Stewart Lee, Josie Long, Joe Wilkinson and Mark Thomas, and examples of comic material on everything from revolution, terrorism and homosexuality, to knitting and the inefficiency of the home shower, it explores comedy's role in determining our attitudes and opinions. While revealing the conventions comics use to manage audience response, Sophie Quirk demonstrates how comedy audiences allow themselves to be manipulated, and the potential harm – and real benefits – that may arise from 'just' being funny.

ThirdWay

ThirdWay PDF

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2004-04

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13:

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Monthly current affairs magazine from a Christian perspective with a focus on politics, society, economics and culture.

Peck's Sunshine

Peck's Sunshine PDF

Author: George W. Peck

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-16

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13:

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Peck's Sunshine" (Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, / Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882) by George W. Peck. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Oklahoma Sunshine

Oklahoma Sunshine PDF

Author: Freeman Edwin Miller

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-11-21

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13:

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'Oklahoma Sunshine' is a collection of poems written by Freeman E. Miller. According to the author, the book was inspired by "the moments of a busy life, amid the crowding of sterner things." Featured titles to be found within its pages include 'Don't Frown', 'For the New Year', and 'Kansas Has Her Dander Up'.

Two Hands Full of Sunshine (Volume 2)

Two Hands Full of Sunshine (Volume 2) PDF

Author: John Deaton

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 590

ISBN-13: 0595460542

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"You are our warrior," Debbie said to him. "You and Sari. Do not easily let them take the Children of Israel, the future of our country." It was absurd and impromptu, this word. Just there the flames, the enemy, and death. Yet words can surprise, can be more then words and this one seared through them like a bright hot poker and Debbie rushed back and added her hands to theirs, both her hands to all of theirs, and in the warmth of it they were instantly one: a single heart, a single brain, a single breast, one being, one purpose, one common goal. Jacob's hands went on top, and from his lips came the torch itself, for in hiding places and ghettos and death camps, in this black Passover week of 1942, in Hitler's death trap known as Poland, invincible forces were set in motion. This word, this concept, this Israel was riveted into an alloy stronger than any steel, an alloy to forge a great nation, a nation that their every action helped to build. "To Zion!" Jacob shouted, and their hosannas clamored into the night. --From Two Hands Full of Sunshine